How to Use offense in a Sentence

offense

noun
  • Our team has the best offense in the league.
  • The team plays good offense.
  • The team needs some work on its offense.
  • Penalties for a first offense range from fines to jail time.
  • The quarterback directs the offense.
  • He was found guilty and fined $250 for each offense.
  • Jones and the offense did not look great against the Raiders.
    — Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 16 Oct. 2023
  • Now, as for the rest of the offense, the jury is still out.
    — Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Mar. 2023
  • The 33-year-old could face up to nine years in prison if found guilty of the offense.
    — Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 15 Aug. 2022
  • The Suns are sixth in offense and 10th in defense in that time.
    — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 16 Apr. 2024
  • But it’s all caught up to them over the past month as the offense has hit a clear lull.
    — Lila Bromberg, Hartford Courant, 22 Feb. 2023
  • Thing is, that’s only a small part of the offense as a whole.
    — Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2024
  • Either offense could open the gate and put up a bunch of runs.
    — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2022
  • The Chiefs offense produced the third most yards after catch in the league.
    — Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 19 Jan. 2025
  • This turnaround seemed to be in the making, at least for the offense.
    — Jared Wyllys, Forbes, 26 May 2022
  • In the Jets’ loss to the Bills, the offense allowed two sacks and eight quarterback hits.
    — Calvin Watkins, Dallas News, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Ashcraft didn’t have his best stuff against the Yankees, the best offense in the Majors.
    — Bobby Nightengale, USA TODAY, 13 July 2022
  • There’s a lot for Williams and the offense as a whole to tighten up and improve.
    — Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 11 Aug. 2024
  • Against the Broncos, the Chargers will face an offense that ranks last in the league in points and 24th in yards.
    — Staff Writer follow, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2023
  • With Franze and Hicks knocking down shots, the offense was rolling.
    — Timothy Dashiell, Baltimore Sun, 30 Jan. 2023
  • In the three sets that were played, Snowflake's defense played a big part in its offense.
    — Lucas Gordon, The Arizona Republic, 13 Nov. 2022
  • Riley Greene and Spencer Torkelson led the way for the offense.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 17 May 2023
  • And of course, the offense is always there: U-M led the nation with 4.1 goals a game.
    — Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 19 Mar. 2023
  • Of note, starter and pregame captain Tyler Booker wasn’t on the field with the first-team offense.
    — Nick Alvarez | [email protected], al, 16 Sep. 2023
  • The defense was good early in the season, but the offense wasn’t.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2023
  • Tampa Bay’s 594 yards of offense last week was the most by any team in a game this year.
    — Jay Ginsbach, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
  • The Aces finished the season with the league’s best offense, best defense, and best record.
    — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2023
  • Medjid, the pace setter for the BC offense, had a game-high four goals in that matchup.
    — Globe Correspondent, BostonGlobe.com, 28 May 2022
  • If the Heat move off Herro, the last vestige of consistent scoring would be gone from a team desperate for scoring, in a league where offense arguably never has been more important.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 5 July 2025
  • This was a bounceback — for Garrett, for a besieged bullpen, for an offense that might finally be clicking, for a team backed into a corner and starting, belatedly, to punch its way out.
    — Tim Britton, New York Times, 5 July 2025

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