ADVERB
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toward or in the defending team's end of the playing field
he caught the ball and ran downfield 15 yards
ADJECTIVE
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toward or in the defending team's end of the playing field
he threw to a downfield receiver
How To Use downfield In A Sentence
- Greville was ponderous in clearing the sliotar downfield and when it popped into Donnelly's hand he sent McManus through and he rocketed it to the net.
- Kaufman nearly broke a long touchdown run in the first quarter, but he ran into teammate James Jett downfield.
- That, in turn, blocks his vision downfield, which leads to overthrows and underthrows.
- It was a lateral that was supposed to set up a pass downfield.
- He's very effective as a receiver if he has time to get his body turned downfield after the catch.
- But Mr. Junkin skipped his snap to holder Matt Allen, who fumbled the ball and then took off running before he chucked an errant pass downfield — a move of pure, white-hot panic. One Jet's Upside-Down Dream
- They're taking calculated shots downfield and guys are making plays.
- His lack of size and strength allowed bigger receivers to run through his jams or outmuscle him for passes downfield.
- Moss, meanwhile, began running out every pattern, even when he was a decoy, and he started throwing blocks downfield.
- Kaufman nearly broke a long touchdown run in the first quarter, but he ran into teammate James Jett downfield.