home run
noun
1
: a hit in baseball that enables the batter to make a complete circuit of the bases and score a run
2
: an impressive success
the president's speech was a home run
Examples of home run in a Sentence
He hit three home runs.
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Madrid hit his second home run to make extend Notre Dame’s lead to 7-4.
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Lou Ponsi, Oc Register, 25 Feb. 2026
Sheets worked his way into the starting lineup twice, was by some measures the Padres’ best hitter in two separate months, and finished the season with career highs in home runs (19), doubles (28) and RBIs (71).
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2026
Madrid hit two home runs and had four RBIs.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2026
Maybe the Sox can honor Ryan by reminding him of the night Ozzie Guillen and Craig Grebeck hit back-to-back home runs off him in 1990, their only home runs that season.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 24 Feb. 2026
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Lou Ponsi, Oc Register, 25 Feb. 2026
Sheets worked his way into the starting lineup twice, was by some measures the Padres’ best hitter in two separate months, and finished the season with career highs in home runs (19), doubles (28) and RBIs (71).
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2026
Madrid hit two home runs and had four RBIs.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2026
Maybe the Sox can honor Ryan by reminding him of the night Ozzie Guillen and Craig Grebeck hit back-to-back home runs off him in 1990, their only home runs that season.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 24 Feb. 2026
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“Home run.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/home%20run. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.
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