Examples of fly ball in a Sentence
He hit a long fly ball to left field.
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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.
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Anthony Solorzano, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2026
His approach is extremely pull‑air oriented, truly leaning into pulling fly balls, which drove his power spike in Anaheim.
—Derek Vanriper, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2026
Then, as the first position player groups took batting practice, Eldridge grabbed Lee’s glove and headed out to left field to shag fly balls alongside outfielder Drew Gilbert.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 11 Feb. 2026
As a Boston native, Stone’s accent is thicker than chowdah, bless her, with a laugh that lilts like a fly ball onto Lansdowne Street.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 25 Jan. 2026
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Anthony Solorzano, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2026
His approach is extremely pull‑air oriented, truly leaning into pulling fly balls, which drove his power spike in Anaheim.
—Derek Vanriper, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2026
Then, as the first position player groups took batting practice, Eldridge grabbed Lee’s glove and headed out to left field to shag fly balls alongside outfielder Drew Gilbert.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 11 Feb. 2026
As a Boston native, Stone’s accent is thicker than chowdah, bless her, with a laugh that lilts like a fly ball onto Lansdowne Street.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 25 Jan. 2026
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“Fly ball.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fly%20ball. Accessed 25 Feb. 2026.
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