fly ball

noun

Examples of fly ball in a Sentence

He hit a long fly ball to left field.
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Tatis reached on a one-out single, went to second on an errant pick-off throw by Mets rookie starter Jonah Tong and to third on a wild pitch before sprinting home on Arraez’s shallow fly ball to left. Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Sep. 2025 Trevor Larnach’s long fly ball to right later in the inning traveled 362 feet and excited the crowd before dying on the warning track, just a few feet short of tying the game. Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 17 Sep. 2025 In the third, Betts worked a bloop single into a run when Teoscar Hernandez followed with a hit, and Betts advanced on a fly ball and a ground out. Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 15 Sep. 2025 With runners on first and second, Betts skied a fly ball to McCray in right field. Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for fly ball

Word History

First Known Use

1865, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of fly ball was in 1865

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“Fly ball.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fly%20ball. Accessed 28 Sep. 2025.

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