spinner

Example Sentences

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Harmer outdid the Indian spinners in their own den with his guile and turn.

From Barron's

Herodotus was an anthropological Autolycus, a spinner of yarns from Halicarnassus, a Greek colony in Asia Minor.

From The Wall Street Journal

Former England spinner Monty Panesar has responded to Steve Smith's bizarre swipe at him by saying he made his mistakes "on a quiz show", while the stand-in Australia captain "made his on a cricket field".

From BBC

The left-arm spinner had correctly answered six questions on Sikhism and its history in the specialist subject round.

From BBC

England have backed Bashir, 22, as their first-choice spinner for more than a year and in May he became the youngest England bowler to reach 50 wickets in Tests.

From BBC