Examples of grounder in a Sentence
He hit a grounder to the shortstop.
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Ohtani stranded him with a grounder and two strikeouts.
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Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2025
The Dodgers then tacked on two additional runs in the first on singles from Mookie Betts, Will Smith and Tommy Edman and a run-scoring grounder from Teoscar Hernandez.
—Valentina Martinez, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
Joey Ortiz flung out his bat and hit a soft grounder to Muncy’s left at third base.
—Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
The infield was in when Muncy sprawled to his left to snag a grounder, followed by a perfect spinning throw home to get the second out of the inning.
—Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 17 Oct. 2025
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Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2025
The Dodgers then tacked on two additional runs in the first on singles from Mookie Betts, Will Smith and Tommy Edman and a run-scoring grounder from Teoscar Hernandez.
—Valentina Martinez, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
Joey Ortiz flung out his bat and hit a soft grounder to Muncy’s left at third base.
—Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
The infield was in when Muncy sprawled to his left to snag a grounder, followed by a perfect spinning throw home to get the second out of the inning.
—Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 17 Oct. 2025
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“Grounder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grounder. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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grounder
noun
ground·er
ˈgrau̇n-dər 
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