Words similar to athlete

Example sentences for: athlete

How can you use “athlete” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

After a crash, the crowd's silence feeds an athlete's paranoia, depression, and despair.
So where did he get this uncanny ability to whine exactly like an American pro athlete after an unexpected drubbing?
The Swede doesn't have Arnold's acting range--Dolph is strictly a vicious-murderers kind of guy--but he's a better athlete.
Golfer Bert Yancey was the only well-known athlete to publicly acknowledge this affliction.
Baseball is also, incidentally, the only sport where players can smoke during the game; you used to catch appealing glimpses on television of some professional athlete puffing away.