spring training

noun

US

: the time in the spring when baseball teams prepare for the regular season by playing practice games

Examples of spring training in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

For Clark, this was a meaningful reward after a season that started with a brutal spring training. — Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026

An unforeseen opportunity Loftin entered spring training in great shape. — Kansas City Star, 30 July 2026

The couple was together for about a decade, and married for eight years after Bruce proposed to Judy during a Rockies spring training game at Salt River Field in Scottsdale. — Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 30 July 2026

Pablo López is out this season because of an elbow injury suffered in spring training. — Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 27 July 2026

Rhymes for spring training

• abstaining
• attaining
• campaigning
• complaining
• constraining
• containing
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• disdaining
• entraining
• explaining
• maintaining
• obtaining