: 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 bowling project, which hopes to field between eight and 12 franchises in the first year, joins other emerging leagues like TGL that look to create dynamic and interactive sporting events.
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What started as a bowling night (at Santa Monica’s now-defunct Bay Shore Lanes) for local bands, labels and zines eventually grew to a weekend of partying in Las Vegas for the Sterns’ punk rock friends all over the region.
—Josh Chesler, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2025
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Alice Cary, Vogue, 28 May 2025
The bowling project, which hopes to field between eight and 12 franchises in the first year, joins other emerging leagues like TGL that look to create dynamic and interactive sporting events.
—Eric Jackson, Sportico.com, 28 May 2025
Additional items featured include a large suede bowling bag, a smaller leather bowling bag, and Three Stripes socks.
—Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 27 May 2025
What started as a bowling night (at Santa Monica’s now-defunct Bay Shore Lanes) for local bands, labels and zines eventually grew to a weekend of partying in Las Vegas for the Sterns’ punk rock friends all over the region.
—Josh Chesler, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2025
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“Bowling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bowling. Accessed 17 Jun. 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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