ball game
noun
1
: a game played with a ball
2
a
: a set of circumstances : situation
a whole new ball game
b
Synonyms
Examples of ball game in a Sentence
He was popular because he was good at ball games.
Dad took us to a ball game.
watching a ball game on TV
Recent Examples on the Web
On day one, Haldane and Case had sat upright inside the largest chamber and breathed oxygen and played the ball game at shallower depths, with both subjects developing no more than a mysterious slight cough afterward.
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Rachel Lance, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Apr. 2024
The Mustangs tallied four runs in the sixth to end the ball game one inning early.
—Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Apr. 2024
This is supposed to be a ball game and not just a talk show.
—Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2024
Regardless of the modest increases across a variety of statistical categories, FanGraphs still expects Stanton to miss 57 ball games.
—Wayne G. McDonnell, Jr., Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
Here’s your ball game folks as Flutie takes the snap . . .
—C. Isaiah Smalls Ii, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
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The tension between fun and fatal may have reached an apex with the ritual ball game known as tlachtli, played by pre-Columbian cultures throughout Mesoamerica like the Maya and Aztec.
—Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 5 Mar. 2024
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Daryl Dixon is a 'whole new ball game' for The Walking Dead franchise
Are The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon and Last of Us the same show?
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 9 Oct. 2023
The mass-participation ball game involves two teams, whose players are defined by which side of a small brook that bisects the town they were born, aiming to score a goal, which are some three miles apart.
—Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 16 Feb. 2024
Rachel Lance, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Apr. 2024
The Mustangs tallied four runs in the sixth to end the ball game one inning early.
—Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Apr. 2024
This is supposed to be a ball game and not just a talk show.
—Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2024
Regardless of the modest increases across a variety of statistical categories, FanGraphs still expects Stanton to miss 57 ball games.
—Wayne G. McDonnell, Jr., Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
Here’s your ball game folks as Flutie takes the snap . . .
—C. Isaiah Smalls Ii, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
Read More: The Hidden Science Behind Video Games Like The Last of Us
The tension between fun and fatal may have reached an apex with the ritual ball game known as tlachtli, played by pre-Columbian cultures throughout Mesoamerica like the Maya and Aztec.
—Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 5 Mar. 2024
Related content: The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon premiere final scene explained
Daryl Dixon is a 'whole new ball game' for The Walking Dead franchise
Are The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon and Last of Us the same show?
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 9 Oct. 2023
The mass-participation ball game involves two teams, whose players are defined by which side of a small brook that bisects the town they were born, aiming to score a goal, which are some three miles apart.
—Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 16 Feb. 2024
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“Ball game.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ball%20game. Accessed 28 Apr. 2024.
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