: any of several games in which balls are rolled (as on a green or down an alley) at an object or group of objects
Examples of bowling in a Sentence
She watches bowling on TV.
Recent Examples on the Web
Those sports are tennis, golf, swimming, track and field, wrestling, gymnastics, skiing, fencing, women’s bowling, indoor and outdoor cross country, women’s triathlon, women’s equestrian, rifle, and skiing.
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Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 8 Oct. 2024
Each eight-week season offers regular season games as well as playoff games for such sports as beach and indoor volleyball, bowling, dodgeball, flag football, kickball, tennis, pickleball and soccer.
—Sonaiya Kelley, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2024
Main Event, for example, is a large arcade for people of all ages with activities like bowling, laser tag and arcade games, as well as a full-service bar.
—Alexandra Hardle, The Arizona Republic, 12 Sep. 2024
An entrance hall as long and narrow as a bowling lane opens to a spacious great room that stretches more than 35 feet long with a gleaming black marble fireplace in the living room.
—Mark David, Robb Report, 24 Sep. 2024
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Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 8 Oct. 2024
Each eight-week season offers regular season games as well as playoff games for such sports as beach and indoor volleyball, bowling, dodgeball, flag football, kickball, tennis, pickleball and soccer.
—Sonaiya Kelley, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2024
Main Event, for example, is a large arcade for people of all ages with activities like bowling, laser tag and arcade games, as well as a full-service bar.
—Alexandra Hardle, The Arizona Republic, 12 Sep. 2024
An entrance hall as long and narrow as a bowling lane opens to a spacious great room that stretches more than 35 feet long with a gleaming black marble fireplace in the living room.
—Mark David, Robb Report, 24 Sep. 2024
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“Bowling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bowling. Accessed 13 Oct. 2024.
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bowling
noun
bowl·ing
ˈbō-liŋ 
1
: a game played by rolling balls so as to knock down pins set up at the far end of an alley
2
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