Examples of long ball in a Sentence
a pitcher who has given up a lot of long balls
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Three-point shooting drove the 2010s offensive boom, but teams are shooting the long ball this year about as frequently as last year’s record attempt rate, and accuracy on those shots hasn’t changed either.
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Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 14 Nov. 2025
But in the first of the final two minutes of stoppage time, when the frenzy of open play began to still for the anticipation of penalties, Berger launched a long ball into Gotham’s final third.
—Tamerra Griffin, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025
The baseball cliche is that chicks dig the long ball.
—Joe Kozlowski, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
The purpose of that development is ideally for Edwards to create looks in late-game spots and against high-level defenses specifically scheming to take away the long ball — at least in the mind of Finch.
—Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 17 Oct. 2025
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Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 14 Nov. 2025
But in the first of the final two minutes of stoppage time, when the frenzy of open play began to still for the anticipation of penalties, Berger launched a long ball into Gotham’s final third.
—Tamerra Griffin, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025
The baseball cliche is that chicks dig the long ball.
—Joe Kozlowski, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
The purpose of that development is ideally for Edwards to create looks in late-game spots and against high-level defenses specifically scheming to take away the long ball — at least in the mind of Finch.
—Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 17 Oct. 2025
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“Long ball.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/long%20ball. Accessed 26 Nov. 2025.
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