Examples of fly ball in a Sentence
He hit a long fly ball to left field.
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After Mike Piazza’s towering fly ball settled into the web of Bernie Williams’s mitt to finish off yet another save for Mariano Rivera, Roger, needing only his twinkly eminence as a press pass, led the way to the champagne shower in the Yankees locker room.
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David Remnick, New Yorker, 14 June 2026
Cubs right fielder Seiya Suzuki left because of discomfort in his right knee in the bottom of the fourth after trying to field a fly ball.
—ABC News, 14 June 2026
Then left fielder Alex Call ran into the retaining wall in foul territory to catch Edgar Quero’s fly ball for the final out of the inning.
—Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2026
But Kay buckled down and struck out Andy Pages and induced a fly ball from Freddie Freeman to escape the jam.
—Andy Martinez, Chicago Tribune, 13 June 2026
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David Remnick, New Yorker, 14 June 2026
Cubs right fielder Seiya Suzuki left because of discomfort in his right knee in the bottom of the fourth after trying to field a fly ball.
—ABC News, 14 June 2026
Then left fielder Alex Call ran into the retaining wall in foul territory to catch Edgar Quero’s fly ball for the final out of the inning.
—Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2026
But Kay buckled down and struck out Andy Pages and induced a fly ball from Freddie Freeman to escape the jam.
—Andy Martinez, Chicago Tribune, 13 June 2026
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“Fly ball.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fly%20ball. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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