dribble
Example Sentences
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We dribble and pass and dribble and pass while Coach barks: “Keep the ball low. You know that joint between your ankles and your hips? Those are your knees, Hooperman. Bend them!”
From Literature
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“It was the most beautiful thing, living in the countryside among the mango trees,” she says now as the juice dribbles down her chin.
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He must have forgotten who was guarding him, because Brandon McCoy came flying like Superman to block the shot, then took the deflected ball, dribbled and delivered an uncontested dunk.
From Los Angeles Times
The 6-foot-3 Reed can do everything a point guard is expected to do — dribble, make shots from anywhere on the court, be a distributor when needed.
From Los Angeles Times
Dent continually attacked the basket, beating defenders off the dribble.
From Los Angeles Times
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