balls

Example Sentences

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He celebrated by pointing his bat to the sky, before England took the final two wickets in the space of five balls.

From BBC • Jun. 18, 2026

That doesn’t sound like a staggering difference, but with thousands of batted balls over the years, that’s a lot of outs turning into doubles, triples and home runs.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2026

She said she hadn’t contacted authorities, but the vultures have been a nuisance, thudding on her roof, bouncing on her children’s trampoline and popping their toy balls.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 16, 2026

Pakistan stalled India's efforts for a number of overs, but Deepti and Richa Ghosh hit 38 off the last 12 balls to set a total that Pakistan could not challenge.

From BBC • Jun. 14, 2026

Jonah and a bunch of the other boys had jumped in and raced around splashing each other, even scooping up mud balls to throw at each other.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix