How to use playoff in a sentence

More sentences with playoff

• The team did OK in the playoffs.From the entry ok
• After missing the playoffs for the seventh straight season in a row, the Detroit Red Wings are trying to rebuild.From the entry rebuild
• Since they failed to make it to the playoffs after five consecutive seasons, the team has gone through a lengthy rebuild.From the entry rebuild
• That was the first puntless game in NFL playoff history.From the entry puntless
• Then the Italians lost the playoff to Bosnia-Herzegovina on penalty kicks.2026 June 21, John Powers, “The World Cup group stage was supposed to be a feeding frenzy. So far, not so much.”, in The Boston Globe…. From the entry cleat
• No one could really stop him in the second half and he was lights-out in OHL playoffs.2017 July 17, Mike G. Morreale, “'Super Buddies' McLeod, Bastian look to make mark with Devils”, in NHL.com. From the entry lights-out
• The Packers will kick the tires on two injured starters in preparation for the playoffs.2011 December 30, Gregg Rosenthal, “Packers stars, including Rodgers, may sit out Sunday”, in NBC Sports. From the entry kick the tires
• And that is when the Chargers, snakebitten for so long in the playoffs, began their inexorable slide.2009 January 12, Judy Battista, “Steelers Dominate Chargers to Reach A.F.C. Title Game”, in New York Times. From the entry snakebitten
• The Bulls were definitely stung by the Hornets at the beginning of this first playoff game.1995 April 29, Rick Telander, “Jordan Does the Stinging”, in Chicago Sun-Times, retrieved 15 Sep 2010. From the entry lost in action
• Never in his captaincy DC comprehendedly qualified for playoffs.2024 November 27, Babaji (@ShivamChou98404), Twitter, archived from the original on 19 Apr 2025. From the entry comprehendedly
• They've never had to win three playoff games to play for the Lombardi, showcasing the importance of home-field advantage.2019 February 3, Corbin Smith, “3 Ways Seahawks Can Reach Super Bowl LIV”, in Sports Illustrated. From the entry Lombardi
• Plenty of blame to go around after CBJ playoff collapse.2018, Associated Press, Tortorella: Plenty of blame to go around after CBJ playoff collapse, canoe.com. From the entry CBJ
• We're not even going to the playoffs.2014, Richard Wittingham, We Are the Bears!: The Oral History of the Chicago Bears, →ISBN, page 204. From the entry not going anywhere
• The goal is to make the playoffs, then win at least one more game than your opponent each round.2004 January 18, Terrell Miller, “Re: Does playing for the 3-run home run really help you win championships?”, in rec.sport.baseball…. From the entry jack
• Bryant’s path to becoming a champion, after all, began with a series of infamous misses: his playoff airballs as a rookie against Utah.2021 April 13, Bill Oram, “Remembering Kobe Bryant’s final game: Five years later, five untold stories about the Lakers legend’s 60-point…. From the entry airball
• Can’t believe people are thanking the twins for a great season after they got swept in the first round of the playoffs.2019 October 8, Podrick Payne (@takesbypodrick), Twitter. From the entry 🥜
• In the closing credits of the documentary, Boston players were asked to rate and rank the best playoff beards on the team.2013 November 27, Dan Carson, “Boston's Koji Uehara Thinks Red Sox Burly Man Beards Are 'Gross'”, in Bleacher Report. From the entry playoff beard
• Here’s a look at McDavid’s scoring and outscoring numbers from the last three regular seasons, the previous two playoff runs and then this year’s postseason totals.2024 May 27, Allan Mitchell, “Breaking down Connor McDavid’s impact on the Oilers’ playoff run”, in The New York Times, archived from the…. From the entry outscore
• This is not a team the Siths would ever have put out, unless the Siths were trying to make a late burst for the Championship playoffs.2023 February 26, Jonathan Liew, “Newcastle not yet an evil-empire side but cup final feels like a springboard”, in The Guardian. From the entry sith
• Should it come down to the final hole, as two of the three playoff tournaments have, that could very well stop some channel surfers in midclick.2009 September 21, Larry Dorman, “This Year, Golf’s FedEx Cup Finale Promises Some Excitement”, in New York Times. From the entry midclick
• In the late stages of the Green Bay Packers’ snowswept 42-20 playoff victory over Seattle on Saturday, Brett Favre and Donald Driver playfully engaged in a snowball fight.2008 January 14, Pat Borzi, “Youth and Age Blend Well for Packers in Playoffs”, in The New York Times. From the entry playfully
• He lunched alone in a bistrot, reading the Paris Herald-Trib and noting with perverse pleasure that Bill Bradley had scored only eight points in the Knicks’ first playoff game.1977, James Brady, “Max”, in Paris One: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Delacorte Press, →ISBN, page 107. From the entry bistrot

Meaning of playoff

1. noun A final game in a series needed to break a tie.
2. noun A short series of games to select a league champion.
3. noun A short series of games to select the last team to be promoted (to elevate to a higher league).

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Questions about playoff in a sentence

How do you use playoff in a sentence?

Playoff is used as a noun. For example: “The team did OK in the playoffs.”

What is a short sentence with playoff?

“The team did OK in the playoffs.”

What does playoff mean?

Playoff means a final game in a series needed to break a tie.