How to Use varsity in a Sentence

varsity

noun
  • The Dons are 80-26 in Brady’s four years on the varsity.
    — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Jan. 2022
  • Ynoa, who made the varsity as a long man and spot starter, made the most of his first chance.
    — Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 9 Apr. 2021
  • The three-year varsity starter was hard to stop coming down the field.
    — Anthony Maluso, Baltimore Sun, 18 Jan. 2023
  • The Duchess wore a pair of Frame jeans, a black shirt, and a navy varsity jacket.
    — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 11 Oct. 2023
  • The state college had dropped the sport in 1939, back when the varsity played on the campus pond.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 11 Apr. 2021
  • Next Friday’s game will be the fifth for the varsity team.
    — Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 13 Sep. 2022
  • Matt was the only one of the four boys not to play for Steve on the varsity team as a sophomore.
    — Jesse Temple, The Athletic, 1 Jan. 2025
  • While he's worked at the school, Altschuler has been the head coach of the varsity girl's flag football and is on the coaching staff of the boys' team.
    — Katherine Kokal, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2023
  • Stokes was part of the freshman team in 1971, and moved up to the varsity the following year.
    — Creg Stephenson | [email protected], al, 14 Sep. 2021
  • The junior was in her fourth year of varsity, and came into the game with 984 points.
    — Steve Smith, courant.com, 23 Dec. 2021
  • The Yorkville shortstop is one of four seniors in their third year on the varsity.
    — Rick Armstrong, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Three girls practice with the boys with one good enough to play JV and varsity games.
    — Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 17 Sep. 2021
  • Hard work had taken him from two years of varsity football to the first round of the NFL draft.
    — Jonas Shaffer, baltimoresun.com, 23 Sep. 2021
  • Dorsey is one of the five players on Heritage’s varsity who were on the 2018 team.
    — Greg Riddle, Dallas News, 15 Apr. 2021
  • Bumped up to varsity right away, he was named the team’s freshman MVP.
    — Jeff Vorva, chicagotribune.com, 31 Mar. 2022
  • He was moved up for the 5A playoffs to varsity and was mentored by Lara, who was like a coach on the field.
    — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 29 Apr. 2022
  • The Many Saints of Newark strikes me, as the show did, as junior-varsity Scorsese.
    — Kyle Smith, National Review, 30 Sep. 2021
  • At the time, the Damascus varsity squad had a 51-game winning streak and the JV team was a force in its own right.
    — Dan Morse, Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Dakota joined the team last year, as eighth-graders are allowed to try out for the varsity team.
    — Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2022
  • He was not allowed to play on the varsity team as a freshman.
    — Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2024
  • Charlie was bumped up to the Lake Travis varsity as a sophomore in 2014.
    — Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 July 2021
  • The two sat in the front row, with the stylish kiddo rocking a white dress paired with a blue varsity jacket.
    — Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 19 Apr. 2024
  • Lloyd even punted all three years on the varsity at Otay Ranch.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Sep. 2021
  • The youngest of the group is Nadia, a 14 year old freshman starting on varsity.
    — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Feb. 2024
  • For a time, his spot on the varsity team’s starting lineup keeps him afloat.
    — Diane Cole, Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2023
  • Kai, 17, is an avid golfer, and is on the varsity team at her high school in Florida.
    — Rebecca Schneid, TIME, 20 July 2024
  • The Makos are in the playoffs for the first time in just their second season of varsity football.
    — Ben Thomas | [email protected], al, 19 Oct. 2021
  • The Players of the Year list recognizes the cream of the crop in 29 different varsity sports.
    — J.c. Carnahan, orlandosentinel.com, 14 July 2021
  • Eva plays clarinet in the marching, concert and jazz bands and earned her varsity letter in Dec. 2024.
    — Caroline Ritzie, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
  • James effectively grew up poor, and moved 10 times by his eighth birthday; Jordan did not, but he was cut from his high school's varsity basketball team as a sophomore, and used that as motivation to improve his game.
    — Jon Paul Hoornstra, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 June 2025

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