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Examples of fly ball in a Sentence
He hit a long fly ball to left field.
Recent Examples on the Web
During the game at Fenway Park in Boston on Monday, April 15, outfielder O'Neill, 28, and third baseman Devers, 27, both went for a seventh-inning fly ball in left field when the back of Dever's head smacked into O’Neill’s forehead.
—Charlotte Phillipp, Peoplemag, 15 Apr. 2024
Dodgers left-hander Ryan Yarbrough threw a scoreless top of the 10th, and the Dodgers threatened in the bottom of the 10th when Freeman, the automatic runner, tagged up and took third on Will Smith’s inning-opening fly ball to deep center.
—Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2024
Nations then hit a fly ball to left field that the Fayetteville outfielder couldn't corral to score the go-ahead run.
—Paul Boyd, arkansasonline.com, 12 Apr. 2024
After a single by Adams, Walker recorded one out before Trey Lipscomb hit a high fly ball into right field that was deep enough to score Winker and give the Nationals a 4-3 lead.
—Jason Mastrodonato, The Mercury News, 10 Apr. 2024
Defensively, Chisholm also made a diving grab on a Connor Joe fly ball in the eighth that ultimately helped save a run.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 29 Mar. 2024
After Drew Sturgeon's fly ball to right, Kade Seldomridge drew a walk to load the bases, then Bryce Cerminelli did the same to plate a run.
—Tom Murphy, arkansasonline.com, 6 Mar. 2024
The right-hander started his second inning with a strikeout of Nathaniel Lowe, retired Jonah Heim on a fly ball to left field and ended his short day with another strikeout, this one against Leody Taveras.
—Doug Padilla, Orange County Register, 28 Feb. 2024
Scherzer logged an amazing 20.0% pop up rate - even higher than his 19.5% fly ball rate - with his cutter.
—Tony Blengino, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1865, in the meaning defined above
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“Fly ball.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fly%20ball. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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