: 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.
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The home had a staff entrance, three elevators, and a separate pool house, with an indoor pool designed to look like a Turkish bath, complete with a sauna and steam showers, a bowling alley, an indoor racquetball court, and a 700-bottle wine wall.
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Jesse Hyde, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2025
Sean Abbott, 33, another bowling all-rounder, provides shorter but livelier bursts.
—Sukhman Singh, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
The house was so distinctive that Armstrong adapted his script to fit it, weaving in elements like its bowling alley to shape both the narrative and the characters’ world.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 19 Oct. 2025
Main Event will definitely mean fun times for families, kids and adults of all ages with arcades, bowling, billiards, escape rooms, a restaurant and much more.
—Terri Daxon, Oc Register, 16 Oct. 2025
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Jesse Hyde, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2025
Sean Abbott, 33, another bowling all-rounder, provides shorter but livelier bursts.
—Sukhman Singh, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
The house was so distinctive that Armstrong adapted his script to fit it, weaving in elements like its bowling alley to shape both the narrative and the characters’ world.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 19 Oct. 2025
Main Event will definitely mean fun times for families, kids and adults of all ages with arcades, bowling, billiards, escape rooms, a restaurant and much more.
—Terri Daxon, Oc Register, 16 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for bowling
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“Bowling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bowling. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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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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