How to Use tap-in in a Sentence

tap-in

noun
  • Gomez then placed a perfect pass to a wide-open Suarez for a tap-in goal at the far post.
    — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 14 Apr. 2024
  • Thomas’ tap-in for par on the 18th was the last shot played on that hole before bad weather took the golfers off the course.
    — Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 6 Aug. 2023
  • United to within a goal at 2-1 with his short-range tap-in.
    — The Enquirer, 7 May 2023
  • Terry scored at 3:05 of the second on a tap-in off of an Adam Henrique feed.
    — Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Lod’s tap-in came from Sang Bin Jeong putting a dangerous ball across the goal mouth.
    — Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 24 Feb. 2024
  • Sebastian Aho outworked Connor Clifton at the front of the net and scored on a tap-in.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Mar. 2023
  • In the 77th minute, Hlongwane delivered a pass across the face of the goal to an unmarked Reynoso for a simple tap-in for his second of the night.
    — oregonlive, 1 July 2023
  • Seguin scored his second goal on a short-handed tap-in with under four minutes left to ice the game.
    — Peter Warren, Dallas News, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Things got worse, as a shot bounced off his face on the penalty kill, and proceeded to land right on Marchand’s stick for a tap-in.
    — Kevin Papetti, The Athletic, 26 Feb. 2025
  • In a loss to the Blackhawks, Bertuzzi won a battle and delivered a sharp feed for a Frederic tap-in.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Mar. 2023
  • His approach nearly found the bottom of the cup — twice — before settling less than a foot from the pin for a tap-in eagle.
    — Ryan Black, The Courier-Journal, 16 July 2023
  • Murphy’s second goal of the game, her 24th of the season, came on a pretty cross-crease pass from Huber for a backdoor tap-in.
    — Dean Spiros, Twin Cities, 26 Jan. 2024
  • On a solid, grinding shift, Pastrnak came out from behind the net and made a slick cross-crease pass to Geekie for a tap-in, Geekie’s 13th of the season.
    — Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 23 Jan. 2025
  • So did Finau, whose 61-foot eagle putt lipped out on the par-5 finishing hole, leaving him with a tap-in birdie.
    — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Olson, a sophomore, broke through at 6 minutes, 16 seconds with a backdoor tap-in off a shot from Boreen.
    — Mike Cook, Twin Cities, 16 Feb. 2024
  • Kirk stuck his approach to the par-5 18th to tap-in range, and his birdie on the first hole of a playoff lifted him past Eric Cole for the victory at the Honda Classic.
    — Tim Reynolds, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Feb. 2023
  • Hull holed out from a greenside bunker for eagle at the par-five 11th to trim the lead to three shots, but Vu responded with a tap-in birdie at No. 12 and was never threatened down the stretch.
    — Associated Press, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2023
  • Joel Eriksson Ek collected the puck, entered the zone and found Zuccarello for an easy backdoor tap-in.
    — Joe Smith, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Moultrie ended up winning the race, with the Portland Thorns midfielder finishing the move with a tap-in.
    — Jason Anderson, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2024
  • Rahm guided his third shot onto the green, positioning him for a tap-in birdie that grew his advantage to two strokes.
    — Alan Blinder Doug Mills, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2023
  • His first was a tap-in, finishing a low Raheem Sterling cross against Bolton Wanderers, but the deep run from midfield has been trained.
    — Art De Roché, The Athletic, 7 Feb. 2025
  • Following a net front tap-in by Laughter with 1:12 on the clock, Holton converted a rebound on the penalty kill with just one second showing on the scoreboard.
    — Jason Cooke, Boston Herald, 8 Mar. 2025
  • On the play, McDavid reached to control a loose puck at the blue line, deking toward the center of the ice, then spinning away from Anderson before passing to Hyman in the slot for a tap-in.
    — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2024
  • His second may have looked like a tap-in, but the movement and awareness showed by the teenager points towards an understanding of the game that is way beyond his junior years.
    — Ben Church, CNN, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Not the method itself, but how a player scores their three goals — a hat-trick can come from three tap-ins, or three long-range strikes alongside an incredible performance.
    — Ahmed Walid, The Athletic, 19 Jan. 2025
  • DeChambeau was all over the place — three times following a a birdie with a bogey, saving plenty of pars with putts in the 5-foot range and finishing on a high note with a wedge into tap-in range for birdie on the 18th.
    — Apress, Orlando Sentinel, 15 June 2024
  • The only bright spot for the visitors came when Kyle Palmieri, incensed over a no-call after Brandon Carlo smacked him into the end boards, got his revenge with a tap-in on his next shift.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Feb. 2023
  • At 1:52, DeBrusk was in position to convert a tap-in from Orlov, who recorded his fifth assist of the series with a slick feed through traffic after Hall found the defenseman in the flow.
    — Matt Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Apr. 2023
  • Alex Lyon had made 21 saves when Andrei Svechnikov converted 31 seconds into the man advantage, scoring on a tap-in right by the net.
    — Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 20 Jan. 2024
  • Flesch seized control early by playing the opening six holes at Norwood Hills in 6-under par, including an eagle on the par-5 second hole when his approach caught a slope at the back of the green and rolled back to tap-in range.
    — Associated Press, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Sep. 2023

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