Examples of fly ball in a Sentence
He hit a long fly ball to left field.
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Bilka induced a fly ball to center field that Mikey Torres tracked down.
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Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 1 Mar. 2026
Shaw tried to chase down a fly ball to the right-center-field gap that kept drifting away from him.
—Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026
During the bottom of the first inning of Friday’s game against the Atlanta Braves, Red Sox outfielders Roman Anthony and Ceddanne Rafaela collided in left field trying to chase down a fly ball off the bat of Jurickson Profar.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 27 Feb. 2026
With two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning of Game 7 of last year’s World Series, Ernie Clement smacked a fly ball off Yoshinobu Yamamoto into the left-center-field gap with the bases loaded and the score tied.
—Anthony Solorzano, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2026
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Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 1 Mar. 2026
Shaw tried to chase down a fly ball to the right-center-field gap that kept drifting away from him.
—Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026
During the bottom of the first inning of Friday’s game against the Atlanta Braves, Red Sox outfielders Roman Anthony and Ceddanne Rafaela collided in left field trying to chase down a fly ball off the bat of Jurickson Profar.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 27 Feb. 2026
With two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning of Game 7 of last year’s World Series, Ernie Clement smacked a fly ball off Yoshinobu Yamamoto into the left-center-field gap with the bases loaded and the score tied.
—Anthony Solorzano, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2026
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“Fly ball.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fly%20ball. Accessed 6 Mar. 2026.
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