(n.) The practice of engaging in athletic games; athletism.
Example Sentences:
(1) He will not be easily replaced, but Ogletree is the top inside linebacker in this year's draft, boasting greater range and athleticism than the more talked-about Manti Te'o.
(2) "We like his athleticism," said the Raiders' head coach, Dennis Allen.
(3) In conclusion, athleticism in women is associated with an elevation of daytime melatonin levels independent of menstrual status.
(4) Despite this vulnerability, Patterson was, nevertheless, a thinking boxer of considerable speed and athleticism, who made the most of his attributes and - until he ran into Liston - benefited hugely from the protection afforded by his caring manager Cus D'Amato, who would take the teenage Mike Tyson under his wing a quarter-of-a-century later.
(5) His athleticism and speed had always helped him out of trouble, but his concentration and positioning always seemed to get him into trouble – with a bad habit, it now seemed, of making at least one costly mistake a game.
(6) Twombly inherited his father's nickname, but not his athleticism.
(7) A predisposition to autoimmune disease, particularly rheumatoid arthritis, may exist among athletes, and disease may ensue when athleticism ceases.
(8) Her most fruitful relationship has been with Russell Maliphant, whose stylistic fusion of meditative stillness and reckless athleticism has brought out glowing revelations in her own dancing.
(9) Patterson has freakish athleticism but runs sloppy routes and his work ethic has been questioned.
(10) The MYTH Competition subscale was related to perceived leadership, athleticism, and--when age and IQ were partialed out--to task attention in the classroom.
(11) The novel is a sequence of restaurant meals, parties and clubs – interrupted by episodes of psychopathic violence (for which the novel has become infamous) and bouts of heartless sexual athleticism.
(12) These conclusions are discussed in relation to other workers' findings on the effects of age, sex and athleticism on the ultrastructure of muscle.
(13) The topic of plasticity in the pulmonary system is discussed with specific reference to the effects of physical training and athleticism.
(14) Pogba’s athleticism and high-kneed running style makes him a fiendishly difficult opponent and, if anything, he needs some of the players around him to raise their own level of performance.
(15) Football is not just athleticism, it’s a question of technique, tactics and mentality.
(16) 10.15pm BST 87 min: That goal was all about Bale's awesome athleticism, crowned with a wonderfully delicate finish.
(17) If his athleticism has declined at 34, then it is more than made up for by the leadership he brings to his teams.
(18) Upon being asked why there's no place for Rio Ferdinand in his side, he says that Chris Smalling's athleticism might benefit his team tonight.
(19) It is the thinginess of Thoreau's prose that still excites us, the athleticism with which he springs from detail to detail, image to image, while still toting something of Transcendentalism's metaphysical burden.
(20) "You have to admit that Mario David's legendary flying tackle to the head in the Battle of Santiago displayed an athleticism sadly lacking in this shower," writes Rosie Mitchell.
Prowess
Definition:
(a.) Distinguished bravery; valor; especially, military bravery and skill; gallantry; intrepidity; fearlessness.
Example Sentences:
(1) For a nation that has begun to flex its military muscles, its presence on another world perfectly demonstrates its national prowess.
(2) Moyes is the referee, which is just as well as the fixture generally has a bit of needle to it: the veterans needing to continually reassert their prowess over the younger generation.
(3) Chelsea have not been defensively tight this term, their frailties masked by attacking prowess at the other end, but the sight of Draxler gliding through them at will was disturbing.
(4) Indeed, there is a rising anxiety amongst US public and private sector mandarins surrounding Iran’s apparent digital prowess, as evinced by research the Guardian was briefed on ahead of its September release.
(5) Especially after the levels of sexual activity that are said to have taken place during the last set of Olympic Games, which showed it's possible to display athletic prowess while breaking Grindr .
(6) Meanwhile, the symbols of their adopted country’s world-beating prowess, from football to cars, look somewhat tarnished.
(7) That was when Orlando finally imposed their superior attacking prowess and simply overwhelmed the visitors with three goals in the space of eight minutes, with two more from Dwyer and one from local product Dennis Chin.
(8) The BBC director general, Tony Hall , said the controversial boxer had been put on the list for his “sporting prowess” and that he trusted the public to judge who should win the contest.
(9) Whether witnessed close-up, as in Mitchell's case, or from afar, in the exaltation of Sir Ranulph as he escorts his wig to the Antarctic, a narrow model of male prowess is actively damaging huge numbers of non-dominant, powerless or jobless men, who struggle, the charity explains, when they are unable to meet expectations.
(10) The potential impact on future patient draw, professional prowess, and income, which may result from a continuation of this wide gap, is also discussed.
(11) Fresh to office, and gung-ho to demonstrate their prowess at cutting, a lot of the Tory ministers were naive or reckless about the impact of cuts.
(12) Zlatan Ibrahimovic: ‘Mourinho is cool – the older coaches get, the cooler they get’ Read more The clubs have agreed a fee of around £25m plus add-ons for Bailly, who can play across the back four and looks to have the physical prowess to prosper in the Premier League.
(13) The duo are famed for their deal-making prowess, founded on a strategy of driving profits by slashing costs.
(14) Chelsea have won seven matches during that sequence and once we had waded through all the varying subplots and controversies the bottom line is the Premier League leaders have re-established a five-point advantage ahead of Manchester City – and gone nine clear of Arsenal – courtesy of Eden Hazard’s expertly taken penalty and the latest demonstration of Diego Costa’s penalty-box prowess.
(15) Here was the team that comes at opponents in a blur of red and terrorises them with their attacking prowess.
(16) What special extra element can the RAF add, other than trying to demonstrate Britain’s military prowess Even if the forces of Isis are attacked even more intensively from the air, the military consensus appears to be that they cannot be defeated without ground troops.
(17) Santos had bridled at suggestions before the game that Greece’s tactics have not developed since winning the European Championship in 2004 with a watertight defence and set-piece prowess.
(18) More than talking heads: why Davos matters Read more Without emotional connections, these leaders – the vast majority of whom are men – will use their intellectual prowess to find solutions with little attention trickling down to the greatest agent of change: our hearts.
(19) Gassman had started out, quite promisingly, as a sportsman in his hometown of Genoa, but quickly decided to put his athletic prowess, good looks and prodigiously mellifluous speaking voice to work in the theatre.
(20) But the event has not taken place for the last few years, reportedly because North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, wants to improve the country’s sporting prowess first.