on the ball
Example Sentences
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They believe his ability on the ball, vision and understanding of the game means he will become more versatile as the years go on.
From BBC • May 31, 2026
It was, he says, her “composure on the ball, and the way she saw time and space with her passing, that first made my heart cleave.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
How the Spurs’ star destroys NBA offenses without laying a finger on the ball.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
He has not had a great season but it was Odegaard that Arsenal wanted on the ball at that precise moment, in that exact area... and there he was.
From BBC • May 10, 2026
Every circle on the plane is the shadow of a circle on the ball, and a circle on the ball corresponds to a circle on the plane...with one exception.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
