How to Use trainer in a Sentence

trainer

noun
  • She hired a personal trainer.
  • The win was the first stakes win of the meeting for both the jockey and trainer.
    — Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Aug. 2023
  • Benson needed the help of a trainer to walk off the floor.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 19 Oct. 2022
  • But that's not how critics of the Hall of Fame trainer see it.
    — Josh Peter, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2021
  • Churchill Downs has banned the Hall of Fame trainer from its track for two years.
    — Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2021
  • Throughout the clip, Kim never drops the weight as her trainer stands off to the side.
    — Liza Esquibias, Peoplemag, 5 Jan. 2024
  • To teach him to hunt, trainers would launch fish around his pen with a sling shot.
    — Gene Johnson, Fortune, 4 Apr. 2023
  • With the help of a trainer, the star began to hit the gym six days a week for about 90 minutes.
    — Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE.com, 21 Dec. 2021
  • But the way that trainer likes to have me is to not think about the opponent.
    — Andy Frye, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2021
  • Horse trainer Al Stall stands atop a wall of pavers just outside the rail near the third turn of the track.
    — Dana O'Neil, New York Times, 3 May 2025
  • In recent months, he’s been able to return to the gym with a trainer.
    — Margaret Fleming, ProPublica, 1 Nov. 2023
  • That means, these trainers train you just as much as your dog.
    — Alexandra Maloney, Charlotte Observer, 6 June 2024
  • Dacey and Sally even worked with a show trainer for a while.
    — Grace Cifranic, cleveland, 21 Apr. 2022
  • David Harbour co-stars as the trainer who tries to make his dream come true.
    — Keith Phipps, Rolling Stone, 1 Aug. 2023
  • My mother-in-law is in her 50s and has worked as a horse trainer her whole life.
    — Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Wynns took a backswing to the head in the fourth and was examined by a trainer but stayed in.
    — Susan Slusser, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 June 2022
  • The first Razor weighed in at 7.7 ounces in men’s size 9 and toed the trainer/racer line well.
    — Jonathan Beverly, Outside Online, 26 Oct. 2022
  • The register of his injury was signed by the coach, the trainer, the physician and the chief mourners — the fans.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 23 Dec. 2021
  • Witt was limited to work on the side with the trainers Wednesday.
    — Jeff Potrykus, Journal Sentinel, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Athletic trainers are the health care providers of the sideline.
    — Stephanie Kuzydym, The Courier-Journal, 29 Mar. 2023
  • But his love for the sport of fists brought him back to boxing, now as a trainer and builder of new talent.
    — Haleigh Kochanski, AZCentral.com, 6 Mar. 2022
  • This leaves enough room for both athletes and their trainers.
    — Hannah Malach, WWD, 10 July 2024
  • The pair met at a gym in 2001, where Daniel was her personal trainer.
    — Emily Burack, Town & Country, 22 Feb. 2022
  • The trainer was in her studio at the time and pulled up the lottery website to see where the ticket was sold.
    — Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2024
  • The trainer seemed to sense what was going on inside me, and said that the training would be good for my brain.
    — Dennis Zhou, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2023
  • The first one up borrowed a trainer’s rifle, peered through the scope at the target 35 yards away and pulled the trigger.
    — Hannah Allam, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2023
  • My trainer, Harley Pasternak, kicked my ass for a few weeks.
    — William Earl, Variety, 10 Jan. 2025
  • The trainers will be waiting for you, the groom high-fives you, the owners are so excited.
    — Scott Enman, New York Times, 23 Mar. 2024
  • And then his kind of '90s pale denim and his New Balance trainers.
    — Irina Grechko, refinery29.com, 1 Dec. 2023
  • Often pairing hers with a vest and trainers, or sometimes a lil stiletto, the 28-year-old model has got straight leg outfit combos down to a fine art.
    — Daisy Jones, Vogue, 2 May 2025

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