Sentence examples for linebacker from inspiring English sources

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linebacker

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The defensive players who are in position behind the defensive linemen and in front of the safeties and cornerbacks and whose principal responsibilities are to tackle runners and to defend against shorter passes

  • The linebacker corralled the runner who had slipped through the hole.

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Except here one of the friends gets turned into a monstrous succubus and starts eating her way – on a monthly, and Cody affirms, not strictly LUNAR, schedule – through the full gamut of high school boy stereotypes: pierced goth kid, offensive linebacker, wannabe ladies man etc.

That is a label akin to "wussiest linebacker for the Tennessee Titans", but Republicans are making sure everyone hears about it.

Jason Worilds, a linebacker for the Pittsburgh Steelers, quit football to proselytize for Jehovah's Witnesses, while Jake Locker, a quarterback for the Tennessee Titans (some would argue that Mr Locker's promise had already passed from ripe to rotten), said last week that he "no longer [had] the burning desire necessary to play the game for a living".

WHEN it comes to gathering a massive audience, America's Super Bowl shows that television can still whup other media like a linebacker arm-wrestling a mouse.

"I'm speechless…I will never understand that," said Bruce Irvin, a linebacker.

As a high school linebacker, he was good enough to be captain, but also gracious enough to help a more talented player take over his starting position.

With a rare combination of size and speed, Taylor, 6 feet 3 inches (1.91 metres) tall and weighing 240 pounds (109 kg), excelled as a linebacker, and he was named All-American in 1980.

Lanier became the starting middle linebacker in his rookie season, which was cut short by an injury.

Seahawks outside linebacker Malcolm Smith defied the odds to be named the game's MVP.

In 1998 the Falcons posted a club-best 14 2 record with a balanced team starring quarterback Chris Chandler and running back Jamal Anderson on offense and linebacker Jessie Tuggle on defense.

Taylor was an attacking linebacker who possessed the strength and speed to make plays anywhere on the field.

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