Examples of grounder in a Sentence
He hit a grounder to the shortstop.
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There would be no throws, no fly balls shagged, no grounders fielded.
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Ben Watanabe, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Nov. 2025
That came on defense in the bottom of the ninth, when Rojas backhanded Varsho’s grounder at the edge of the infield dirt.
—Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
With that, Kirk smacked a grounder to shortstop Mookie Betts who stepped on second base, throwing to Freeman at first for the final two outs.
—Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 2 Nov. 2025
In the ninth with the bases loaded with Blue Jays, Rojas fielded a grounder and got a force-out at home to save a run (the Jays would pull off the same feat the next inning).
—Patrick Hipes, Deadline, 1 Nov. 2025
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Ben Watanabe, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Nov. 2025
That came on defense in the bottom of the ninth, when Rojas backhanded Varsho’s grounder at the edge of the infield dirt.
—Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
With that, Kirk smacked a grounder to shortstop Mookie Betts who stepped on second base, throwing to Freeman at first for the final two outs.
—Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 2 Nov. 2025
In the ninth with the bases loaded with Blue Jays, Rojas fielded a grounder and got a force-out at home to save a run (the Jays would pull off the same feat the next inning).
—Patrick Hipes, Deadline, 1 Nov. 2025
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“Grounder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grounder. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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grounder
noun
ground·er
ˈgrau̇n-dər 
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