All 10 Uses
compensate
in
The Blind Side, by Michael Lewis
(Edited)
- And left tackle, as guardian of the quarterback's blind side, had become one of the most highly compensated jobs in the game.
p. 102.2 *compensated = paid
- Walsh had created the contraption to compensate for the deficiencies of his quarterback, but an offense based on a lot of short, well-timed passes turned out to offer surprising inherent advantages.
p. 108.7compensate = make up for, or adjust for
- When he saw Anderson play, Walsh later said, he realized that the offense he had designed to compensate for a weak-armed quarterback had a more general effectiveness; this passing game of his could survive on very little talent, but it could also exploit better material.
p. 109.7
- We knew that unless they were extremely gifted at the left tackle position, they would have to compensate for him.
p. 127.6
- And if they had to compensate for their left tackle, they created weakness elsewhere, and the game was half-won.
p. 127.6 *
- On this final day there was no need to compensate for Lawrence Taylor.
p. 128.5
- He had all these elaborate plays, in part, to compensate for what he saw as Briarcrest's systematic lack of brute force.
p. 151.3
- In response to Michael, the other team stacked their players in all sorts of strange ways to compensate—thus creating openings elsewhere.
p. 160.4compensate = adjust (to make up for something)
- The beauty of the football offense was that it allowed for a smart strategist to compensate for his players' limitations.
p. 283.3compensate = make up for, or adjust for
- To compensate for his stature, Spurlock had the habit of just taking off toward the sideline the minute he received the ball.
p. 284.3
Definitions:
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(1)
(compensate as in: she compensates with extra effort) make up for; or adjust for
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(2)
(compensate as in: she is generously compensated) to make payment to someone
- (3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)