carom
verb
caromed; caroming; caroms
Examples of carom in a Sentence
a ball caromed off the wall
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As the ball caromed off the retaining wall in foul territory, another run scored.
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Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2026
Medical equipment caroms off the walls, bangs toward their father.
—Kansas City Star, 22 May 2026
The ball caromed off the low fence down the left field line.
—Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 15 May 2026
Pulverized, the iron core likely caromed off the moon after initially digging deep into the lunar mantle and scattering traces of magnetized terrain across the south pole.
—Dan Vergano, Scientific American, 11 May 2026
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Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2026
Medical equipment caroms off the walls, bangs toward their father.
—Kansas City Star, 22 May 2026
The ball caromed off the low fence down the left field line.
—Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 15 May 2026
Pulverized, the iron core likely caromed off the moon after initially digging deep into the lunar mantle and scattering traces of magnetized terrain across the south pole.
—Dan Vergano, Scientific American, 11 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for carom
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“Carom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/carom. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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carom
1 of 2 noun
car·om
ˈkar-əm 
: a rebounding especially at an angle
carom
2 of 2 verb
: to strike and rebound at an angle
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