Example Sentences

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John Turner: I have umpired at many school cricket matches and have had to send off a player for abusive behaviour, so the problem is not only football.

From BBC • Oct. 12, 2022

All of them must have umpired at each rung below the World Series — district tournaments, state tournaments, regional tournaments.

From New York Times • Aug. 21, 2021

Where you once might have umpired Little League games with 40 spectators, now you’re in front of 3,500 people, then 7,500.

From Slate • Apr. 21, 2016

I would gladly have umpired at Monte Carlo on Good Friday, Easter, Advent Sunday, and Christmas, all rolled into one, if those men had asked me.

From A Padre in France by Birmingham, George A.