Examples of bobble in a Sentence

Verb The catcher bobbled the ball. the first baseman bobbled the catch, so the runner was safe Noun a bobble that cost them the game The curtains have a series of bobbles along the edge.

Recent Examples on the Web: Verb Looking through all the frames, Njoku doesn’t bobble the catch at all. — cleveland, 4 Jan. 2021 Turbulence is nothing more than wonky wind currents that cause planes to bobble a bit, not at all unlike driving on a bumpy road or sailing on a choppy sea. — Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 23 Sep. 2020 Edelman bobbled the ball for a split second but clearly reached out and got both hands under the ball before landing on the turf. — Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 4 May 2020 Rengifo bobbled the grounder but recovered to throw to first to complete the 11th no-hitter in club history and first combined no-hitter since Mark Langston and Mike Witt against Seattle on April 11, 1990. — Mike Digiovanna, latimes.com, 12 July 2019 Don’t let your head bobble or your chin tuck toward your chest, which can create tension in the neck and shoulders, says Atkins. — Mallory Creveling, Health.com, 7 Apr. 2020 Your arms were like strings and your head bobbled on your neck. — New York Times, 17 Mar. 2020 Then, backup Philip Nelson, Jones’ replacement, turned the ball over on a play that was ruled a fumble when a backward pass was bobbled and landed in the hands of Houston linebacker DeMarquis Gates. — Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY, 2 Mar. 2020 The Eagles nearly scored on fourth down, but a pass from sophomore quarterback Cameron Knickerbocker to junior Tony Valdez was bobbled in the end zone and ultimately dropped, causing a turnover on downs. — Matt Szabo, Daily Pilot, 19 Sep. 2019 Recent Examples on the Web: Noun On a 4 on 4, Gustafson gets a breakaway after taking a bobble from James Stefan, who has to take him down. — Dylan Bumbarger, oregonlive, 20 Mar. 2022 Despite a bobble at the start of his semifinal run, Radamus finished ahead of his German competitor, Linas Strasser, to get the United States’ only point. — NBC News, 20 Feb. 2022 Chen landed four more effortless quads, his only slight bobble coming on a late combination sequence. — Dave Skretta, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Feb. 2022 Kagiyama, 18, and Uno, 24, both had a high degree of difficulty in their routines, but each made mistakes on his jumps, and against a skater at the peak of his talents like Chen, any bobble was one too many. — Juliet Macur, New York Times, 10 Feb. 2022 Under pressure, Jackson sidearmed a ball to running back Justice Hill, whose bobble gave inside linebacker L.J. Fort enough time to make a play for the ball. — Edward Lee, baltimoresun.com, 9 Aug. 2021 Bader's bobble allowed Milwaukee's Lorenzo Cain to accomplish the rare feat of scoring from second base on a sacrifice fly in the Brewers' 4-1 victory. — Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 13 May 2021 The Bruins squandered the advantage, and McAvoy tripped Yegor Sharangovich after a bobble at the line with 14 seconds left in the man-up. — BostonGlobe.com, 28 Mar. 2021 Nick Solak's bobble of Sam Haggerty's double in the left-field corner allowed Haggerty to reach third. — Chris Talbott, Star Tribune, 21 Aug. 2020 See More

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