- present tense form of ball (3rd person singular).
balls
Example Sentences
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“It’s my job to call balls and strikes.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
In those final five games, he hit the ball hard in the first two, then hit ground balls in the final three.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
The fearless teenager, who topped the IPL batting charts this year, smoked a whirlwind 38 off 21 balls with six fours and two enormous sixes before falling to a thick edge caught at backward point.
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
After reaching his hundred in 95 balls in the third one-day international at The Oval, he stood with arms wide and looked to the sky - all of that disappointment seemingly behind him.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
Cissy switched to juggling all three balls with one hand.
From "Hopping Mad (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #4)" by Franklin W. Dixon
