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

Crow-Armstrong has gotten to know Williams a bit over the years with the Cubs great a regular presence around the team each spring training. — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026

But we’ve been hit hard from, literally, the first day of spring training. — Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 19 Sep. 2026

Beltrán made an early impression, too, on interim manager Andy Green, who recalls watching the outfielder at Mets spring training when both were still playing. — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 19 Sep. 2026

Quinn Priester, a standout performer last year, never made it out of spring training and underwent season-ending surgery for thoracic outlet syndrome. — Johnny Flores Jr, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for spring training

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