Collocations for sprint - noun
ADJ.
quick, short | 100-metre, etc.
VERB + SPRINT
break into, make
The runners broke into a sprint a few hundred yards from the finish. | It started raining, so we made a sprint for a cafe.
The runners broke into a sprint a few hundred yards from the finish. | It started raining, so we made a sprint for a cafe.
SPRINT + NOUN
relay
Jamaica won the gold in the sprint relay.
Jamaica won the gold in the sprint relay.
finish
Sato just pipped the Kenyan runner in a sprint finish.
Sato just pipped the Kenyan runner in a sprint finish.
champion
Olympic sprint champion Marion Jones
Olympic sprint champion Marion Jones
hurdles | double
the 100-metre and 200-metre sprint double
the 100-metre and 200-metre sprint double
PREP.
in a ~
This car could comfortably outpace its rivals in a sprint.
This car could comfortably outpace its rivals in a sprint.
~ for
The Moroccan came out best in a frantic sprint for the line.
The Moroccan came out best in a frantic sprint for the line.