balled up

Example Sentences

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Austin Reaves balled up a towel and fired it off the bench after a careless turnover led to a Pacers bucket.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2024

It was defiance and euphoria and adrenaline just balled up into this big massive gig.

From BBC • Jan. 31, 2024

Workers balled up bread for bait and threw lines over the side of the platform.

From Slate • Dec. 16, 2023

Its most haunting components are six unnervingly lifelike human figures dressed in office attire, balled up inside garbage bags like corporate flotsam.

From New York Times • Mar. 17, 2023

Bridge ducked into a stall and came out with some balled up toilet paper.

From "Goodbye Stranger" by Rebecca Stead