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.
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Imai also throws a splitter, curveball and sinker.
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Chris Kirschner, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025
But Björk’s early-aughts curveball Medulla, which largely and sometimes quite combatively consists of countless distortions of the human voice, is another analog.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2025
Your social circle could throw you a curveball, Aquarius.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025
But politics is dealing with the unforeseen, and an almighty curveball was looming over the Atlantic.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 30 Oct. 2025
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Chris Kirschner, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025
But Björk’s early-aughts curveball Medulla, which largely and sometimes quite combatively consists of countless distortions of the human voice, is another analog.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2025
Your social circle could throw you a curveball, Aquarius.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025
But politics is dealing with the unforeseen, and an almighty curveball was looming over the Atlantic.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 30 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for curveball
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“Curveball.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/curveball. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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