Schollander
Americannoun
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
American swimmer Don Schollander took four gold medals, Czechoslovakian gymnast Vera Caslavska won three, and Bob Hayes tied the 100-meter world record of 10.0 seconds, the last Olympics run on a cinder track.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 14, 2020
She was a university student from northern Japan who landed a job as an interpreter at the dazzling swimming venue, where American Don Schollander would win four gold medals.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 20, 2018
"I always think of the 200 as my property," said Schollander, then for encores added the 100-meter title and anchored both winning freestyle relays for Santa Clara.
From Time Magazine Archive
As excitable out of water as he is exciting in it, Schollander practically swam every race in Tokyo.
From Time Magazine Archive
Everyone expected him to replace Schollander, who won four gold medals in 1964, as the U.S. team's one-man gang in Mexico City.
From Time Magazine Archive
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
