curveball

noun

curve·ball ˈkərv-ˌbȯl

: a slow or moderately fast baseball pitch thrown with spin to make it swerve downward and usually to the left when thrown from the right hand or to the right when thrown from the left hand

curveball verb

Examples of curveball in a Sentence

The batter struck out on a curveball.

Recent Examples on the Web Now streaming on Paramount+, Friday’s episode marks the first half of the season’s grand finale, in which Mama Ru throws a pair of curveballs at her charitable queens. —

Andy Swift, TVLine, 19 July 2024 Advertisement Kelly and Cole’s budding romance (and the film’s limited comedy) soon takes a back seat to the story’s second-act curveball. —

Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2024 Bigge’s triple-digit fastball understandably garners a lot of attention, but his four-pitch mix — four-seamer, curveball, slider and sweeper — gives the right-hander options and changes the hitters’ eye level. —

Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 12 July 2024 His fastball at the top, slider/sweeper combo and big curveball gave us a lot of trouble today. —

Kaushik Sampath, Miami Herald, 4 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for curveball

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