How to Use ball in a Sentence

ball

1 of 2 noun

• But the dude gives the ball away.
  — Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2026
• The ball comes off his hands well.
  — Grace Raynor, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
• Horn isn’t known for his ball skills.
  — Charlotte Observer, 20 Oct. 2025
• The ball could end up on the ground.
  — Elliott Teaford, Oc Register, 13 Oct. 2025
• Tua turned the ball over (three) times.
  — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2025
• So that kind of got our ball rolling.
  — Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 18 May 2026
• The ball comes out of his hands (well).
  — Grace Raynor, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
• Lay the face of the club square to the ball.
  — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2026
• Loop the rope around the ball of your left foot.
  — Gerard Hartmann, Outside, 3 Nov. 2025
• Cam had some of his best ball the past two weeks.
  — Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2025
• The Heat force-fed him the ball.
  — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 14 Mar. 2026
• Braun can be slowed down by a firm enough ball screen.
  — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 21 Feb. 2026
• Vasko turned the ball over four times over those two games.
  — Antonio Morales, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
• The grounds are hard, the ball is hard, the men are hard.
  — James Wallace, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2025
• No place awards the ball in play like Coors.
  — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 4 Apr. 2026
• That ball was at least 500 feet.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 3 Nov. 2025
• He was sacked four times but didn’t turn the ball over once.
  — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2025
• How did the ball find him, or him the ball, eight yards out?
  — Filip Bondy, New York Daily News, 22 June 2026
• Gave up some base hits on balls that were way out of the zone.
  — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 19 May 2026
• Is the ball going to come to us a lot?
  — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 20 Oct. 2025
• The team member who drops the ball.
  — Naz Beheshti, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
• Grabbing the ball with a bare hand.
  — Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025
• The ball had rolled under the couch.
  — Gali Kronenberg, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
• The ball bounces in funny ways.
  — Doug Haller, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
• None of those balls left the infield.
  — Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025
• Carry the ball all the way in, guys!
  — Michael Salfino, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
• Aplin knew his buddy knew ball.
  — Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 6 Mar. 2026
• Luis Díaz has the ball in the back of the net.
  — Ben Church, CNN Money, 28 Apr. 2026
• Neither team could run the ball.
  — Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 22 Sep. 2025
• Someone who can get him the ball.
  — Charley Walters, Twin Cities, 24 Jan. 2026

ball

2 of 2 verb

• Bryce Young was balling though.
  — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 25 Apr. 2026
• The leaders on the team can ball, too.
  — Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 23 Jan. 2026
• Now, his son picking up the pace balling out.
  — Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2025
• That’s where the fire-balling Doval could loom large.
  — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 23 Mar. 2026
• Pare raised both hands, balled in fists, pumping away.
  — Brendan Quinn, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2026
• The defense was balling out and getting a lot of stops.
  — Anne Erickson, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Nov. 2025
• Her brother cannon-balled off a rock to join her.
  — Brianna Randall, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
• Just coming out prepared and just balling out.
  — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Aug. 2025
• To test if soil is loamy, take a fistful with a gloved hand and ball it up in your palm.
  — Nadia Hassani, The Spruce, 16 Feb. 2026
• Bare root trees and shrubs, as the name suggests, are not sold in a pot or balled and burlapped.
  — Dr. Lauren Kurtz, Hartford Courant, 21 Feb. 2026
• Cut trees are 4 to 12 feet tall and balled trees are up to 6 feet tall.
  — Gege Reed, Louisville Courier Journal, 21 Nov. 2025
• But Wedgewood is balling out to start the season.
  — Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 18 Oct. 2025
• The explosion had balled me up, shoved me aside, and pelted me with hot stones.
  — Will MacKin, New Yorker, 28 June 2026
• Both teams sport sinker-balling lefties with great track records as their second in command.
  — Eno Sarris, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2026
• Defense overall just balls Two.
  — Miami Herald, 26 Oct. 2025
• Sobering thoughts for a core that’s balled with drunken confidence.
  — Joel Lorenzi, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025
• That ball off the bat of Gabriel Arias bounced toward first base and brought Ramirez home.
  — Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025
• Arrange the dough balls 2 inches apart on the prepared cookie sheets.
  — Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Oct. 2025
• Arrange dough balls 2 inches apart on prepared cookie sheets.
  — Holly Riordan, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Mar. 2026
• Pre-dug and balled include white pine, Norway spruce, and Colorado blue spruce.
  — Gege Reed, Louisville Courier Journal, 21 Nov. 2025
• Trump's pin features a cartoon version of himself with his mouth open, brows furrowed and fists balled at his sides.
  — Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 10 Jan. 2026
• Use your palm to gently press each dough ball into a ½-inch-thick disc before placing the cookie sheets in the oven.
  — Laura McLively, Mercury News, 27 Nov. 2025
• Power couples ball against each other on the court or support each other from the sidelines.
  — Yohana Desta, Vanity Fair, 7 May 2026
• Newly installed balled and burlapped plants need about 1 inch of water a week — be sure the root ball is getting watered.
  — Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2025
• Newly installed balled and burlapped plants need about 1 inch of water per week — be sure the root ball is getting watered.
  — Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2026
• Place balls 3 inches apart on 3 baking sheets lined with parchment (about 8 cookies per sheet).
  — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 26 Nov. 2025
• Local garden centers still have a great selection of plants grown in containers and balled and burlapped trees and shrubs.
  — Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2026
• Place balls 2 inches apart on 2 large baking sheets lined with parchment paper (about 20 cookies per sheet).
  — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 24 Nov. 2025
• Place balls 3 inches apart on 3 large baking sheets lined with parchment paper (about 12 cookies per sheet).
  — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 27 Nov. 2025
• Eusexua offers a soundtrack for bedrooms and basements fit for balling and bawling sessions.
  — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2025