How to Use bat in a Sentence

bat

1 of 2 noun

• She’s been clutch with the bat.
  — Tony Baranek, Chicago Tribune, 23 May 2026
• How long do bats stay in a house?
  — Alora Bopray, USA Today, 24 June 2026
• Go watch all my at-bats this year.
  — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 16 June 2026
• Plus, the bats just get used to it.
  — Alora Bopray, USA Today, 24 June 2026
• One bat, two bat, red bat, brown bat.
  — Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 24 Oct. 2025
• Then came the first at-bat of the spring.
  — Paul Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 12 May 2026
• Tolzien was tough with two strikes in each at-bat.
  — Steve Reaven, Chicago Tribune, 11 June 2026
• Clark, 21, walked in the at-bat.
  — Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 21 Mar. 2026
• Right off the bat, the fan wowed me with its sleek look.
  — Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 24 Oct. 2025
• Sure enough, three of their runs came on two swings of the bat.
  — Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 24 Sep. 2025
• Just like my at-bats coming around.
  — Dan Hayes, New York Times, 7 May 2026
• And how about the guy with the plastic bat?
  — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2026
• As in far too many empty at-bats.
  — Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 16 Apr. 2026
• Right off the bat, the room was humming.
  — Elizabeth Leonard, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
• As a result, the bats failed their hunts.
  — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 19 May 2026
• The at-bats have been tremendous.
  — Dan Hayes, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2025
• The payoff came in that first at-bat.
  — Rick Armstrong, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2026
• Curtis, good at-bat right in front of me.
  — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025
• Create footholds for bats to roost.
  — Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 24 Oct. 2025
• He's seen countless fly balls hit off the bat.
  — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 9 June 2026
• The Tigers silent bats beat the Tigers.
  — Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
• Avoid placing a bat house near bright lights.
  — Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 24 Oct. 2025
• That at-bat could have changed the series.
  — Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
• There were long innings and even longer at-bats.
  — Kansas City Star, 4 Apr. 2026
• Yes, wind turbines can kill both bats and birds.
  — Elizabeth Weise, USA Today, 21 Feb. 2026
• From there the bats were silent until the ninth.
  — Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
• That’s part of the reason his bat speed ticked up.
  — Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2026
• The bat, meanwhile, has come around.
  — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 3 May 2026
• Mejia sprints out of his home with a bat like a bull when the gate opens.
  — Chris Eberhart, Fox News, 5 Apr. 2024
• The singles and the good at-bats weren’t good enough.
  — Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025

bat

2 of 2 verb

• Your cat can then bat and kick it around.
  — Caroline Lubinsky, Martha Stewart, 18 May 2026
• To these, Mendes doesn't bat an eye.
  — Christina Perrier, InStyle, 11 Feb. 2026
• Ewing came up to bat with two outs.
  — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 16 May 2026
• But nobody went to bat for him like his coach.
  — Jared Weiss, New York Times, 11 May 2026
• Then, the Shamrocks got up to bat.
  — Jack Murray, Boston Herald, 7 June 2026
• There are people just willing to go to bat for you.
  — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 15 Aug. 2025
• Everybody goes to bat for the one who named them in the room.
  — Jason Walker Psyd, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
• Nobody would blame him, nobody would bat an eye.
  — Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 9 June 2026
• One time a game, a team may send any hitter in the lineup to bat.
  — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2025
• Austin, who batted leadoff, had two hits.
  — Dan Albano, Oc Register, 15 May 2026
• If a guy were to leave the house with his top off, nobody would bat an eyelid.
  — Daisy Jones, Vogue, 29 Jan. 2023
• Eight men came to bat and tallied three runs on four hits, a walk and an error.
  — Gabrielle Starr, Hartford Courant, 5 Apr. 2026
• Jones would go to bat for Spanos and the Chargers.
  — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Dec. 2025
• Da’Shawn Hand had a half sack and batted down a pass.
  — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Dec. 2025
• No one, in this room of 150-plus diners, bats an eye.
  — Lisa Hughes, CBS News, 19 Dec. 2025
• No one with half a brain will bat an eyelid as there are many people with the same name.
  — Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
• When asked about the role of women on the trail ride, Dahnke doesn't bat an eye.
  — Brittanie Shey, Chron, 24 Feb. 2023
• Aaron Rodgers threw a pass that was batted back toward him.
  — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 8 Dec. 2025
• Plus, Worley goes to bat about his love of baseball.
  — Bill Wachsberger, Baltimore Sun, 20 June 2026
• Dangle toys for them to bat at or use other favorites.
  — Joan Morris, Mercury News, 1 Dec. 2025
• Will going to bat about this topic affect your job?
  — Jenna Ryu, SELF, 25 Mar. 2026
• There were two drops and two other passes were batted down.
  — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2025
• Not after batting a last-second field goal from the sky.
  — Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2025
• He was slated to bat ninth Sunday.
  — Kansas City Star, 19 Apr. 2026
• Kim Basinger strawberries out of the fridge, no one would bat an eye.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 23 Jan. 2023
• Mesnick batted cleanup and went 1 for 2 with three walks.
  — Dan Albano, Oc Register, 17 Apr. 2026
• White, who bats ninth, is one of the most recent examples.
  — Steve Reaven, Chicago Tribune, 30 May 2026
• Sullivan went to bat for Guerin.
  — Stephen Conroy, Hartford Courant, 23 Feb. 2026
• Witt will bat second in the starting lineup.
  — Kansas City Star, 9 June 2026
• White, who bats ninth, has saved some of her best games for the toughest opponents.
  — Bobby Narang, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026