How to Use free agent in a Sentence

free agent

noun
  • Hedges is a free agent and Maile just signed a one-year deal with the Reds.
    — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 30 Nov. 2022
  • McManus will become a free agent at the end of the year, though.
    — Rob Reischel, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
  • The Chicago Cubs are thrilled about the return of free agent Cody Bellinger.
    — USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2024
  • The Guardians signed Maile as a free agent right before the start of spring training.
    — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 5 June 2022
  • Trey’s a free agent, left tackle, all that kind of stuff.
    — Jesse Newell, Kansas City Star, 26 Feb. 2025
  • The Rays are never big players in the free agent market.
    — Daniel Kohn, SPIN, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Detwiler signed with the Reds as a minor league free agent in April.
    — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 31 Aug. 2022
  • Not, at least, for some of the top free agents who remain unsigned.
    — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 23 Jan. 2025
  • While Scott will be a free agent at the end of the year, the market for closers has not been cheap in recent days.
    — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2024
  • The two prize free agent signees two years ago helped get this team its first title.
    — Doug Feinberg, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Oct. 2024
  • As of late in the day, none of the league’s 13 teams had come to terms with the dozens of available free agents, at least not publicly.
    — Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Jadeveon Clowney is set to become a free agent but the Browns will try to re-sign him.
    — cleveland, 2 Jan. 2022
  • Alex Bregman is one of the top free agents left on the market this winter.
    — David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Feb. 2025
  • Not only did free agents want to join the Burrow Train, the Bengals had the money to pay them.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Jan. 2024
  • Last week, the Blazers signed free agent center Mose Brown.
    — Afentres, oregonlive, 11 Sep. 2023
  • That would put Blake Snell, pending free agent and Rays legend, on the block.
    — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 25 July 2023
  • The 27-year-old signed with the Minnesota Vikings practice squad as a free agent on Nov. 27.
    — Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Happ, who would have been a free agent after this season, will be part of the Cubs through at least 2026.
    — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Forget the question of whether Ohtani can earn $500 million as a free agent.
    — Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 26 Mar. 2023
  • Dylan Cease is set to hit the free agent market, and there's a chance Michael King could leave as well.
    — Drew Vonscio, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 May 2025
  • The Browns also signed former Jaguars first-round pick Taven Bryan as a free agent.
    — cleveland, 24 Apr. 2022
  • Gurriel, 38, has failed to land on an MLB roster as a free agent thus far.
    — Josh Criswell, Chron, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Johnson, 27, has been a free agent since the Cleveland Browns released him in March.
    — Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2023
  • The same goes for Moore, who has a quad strain and is also a potential free agent.
    — Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Don’t think for a second that this is lost on the impending free agent.
    — Vincent Frank, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2022
  • The 11-year veteran will now be free to sign elsewhere as a free agent.
    — Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 8 May 2025
  • Robertson had signed with the Phillies as a free agent in January 2019.
    — Mark Inabinett | [email protected], al, 28 Oct. 2022
  • Everett signed with the Commanders as a free agent in 2015.
    — Amir Vera and Chuck Johnston, CNN, 8 Feb. 2022
  • He was signed as a free agent after appearing in 36 games last season with the Atlanta Braves.
    — Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 23 May 2025
  • The 2025 unrestricted free agent class has a number of impact players, starting with Marner.
    — Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 22 May 2025

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