How to Use looper in a Sentence

looper

noun
  • Opitz hits a looper right over the shortstop for the first hit of the game.
    Seth Campbell, Arkansas Online, 24 Apr. 2021
  • If the penetrator on that stunt didn’t hit home, the looper would have.
    Dallas News, 11 Jan. 2022
  • This has a goggles strap looper portion that will clip it in.
    Chris Hachey, BGR, 26 May 2021
  • But what happens when a looper fails to kill their older self?
    Jennifer Ouellette and Sean M. Carroll, Ars Technica, 24 Nov. 2023
  • Need someone to occupy the guard and tackle on a tackle-end stunt to give the looper a free shot at the passer?
    John Owning, Dallas News, 3 June 2020
  • To design the clothes, the Murray brothers traveled to the Chive offices in Austin, and shared stories about their days as loopers.
    Steven Kurutz, star-telegram.com, 27 Apr. 2017
  • His new looper is Luke Reardon, a close friend since their junior golf days in Queensland and a school roommate.
    courant.com, 15 Sep. 2017
  • Every so often, one of the groups will play along and a looper will casually make his way to the putting surface ahead of the other caddies.
    Jay Betsill, star-telegram.com, 29 May 2017
  • Rain and golf go hand-in-hand; even the most prepared loopers get caught sometimes in an unexpected and unwelcome squall on the back nine.
    Red Fabbri, Travel + Leisure, 27 July 2023
  • Here, the majority is of two kinds: constant creators and bored loopers.
    Abhik Choudhury, Quartz India, 11 Nov. 2019
  • Hudson Beamon sent a high looper toward center field that looked like a short wedge at Torrey Pines South.
    Jim Lindgren, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 June 2021
  • One scrambling in-the-looper was caught yelling incoherent Ukraine talking points from notes written with a Sharpie.
    J.d. Crowe | Jdcrowe@al.com, al, 21 Nov. 2019
  • The short-term plan is for the partnership to continue throughout the summer then find Piot a new looper when Ellis gets back to the college golf season in the fall.
    Tom Lang, Detroit Free Press, 6 Apr. 2022
  • Centerfielder Ruben Cedillo dropped an easy shallow fly ball and shortstop Dernedde lost a soft looper in the sun. ...
    Joe Freeman, oregonlive, 18 Feb. 2023
  • In the 11th, Cedar Grove had a runner on second with one out, and our frosh second-baseman, Courtney Taylor, grabbed a looper at the second-base bag and touched second for the double play.
    SI.com, 28 May 2018
  • Machado, who was warmly cheered by a Phillies crowd that wants him in their colors, doubled down the right-field line and scored when Trumbo hit a looper into short right-field and Nick Williams misplayed it.
    Jon Meoli, baltimoresun.com, 4 July 2018
  • The mob takes advantage of this opportunity by sending their targets into the past, where the looper is waiting to take them out.
    Will Harris, EW.com, 9 June 2022
  • The only possible pass was a delicate looper that reached Thompson too late for a standard layup but too early for an alley-oop.
    Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, 1 June 2018
  • Asked what impresses him most about Scheffler, the veteran looper was pretty clear.
    Garrett Johnston, Dallas News, 10 Apr. 2022
  • Birdy performed a version of one of her songs as a ballad, which built into a cascading sequence involving a looper pedal, that gave me goose bumps.
    Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 22 July 2024
  • Rosario singled also had a brain cramp in the first inning of Game 3, getting a terrible read on Albies’ looper to shallow center and getting doubled off second in the first inning.
    Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2021
  • One member, the camouflaged looper, decorates itself with bits of leaf or petal, becoming a walking parade float of flair.
    Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 21 July 2022
  • Layer on layer of vocal effects, keyboard and guitar work and some magical loopers concoct the foundation as her lyrics tell a great story.
    Chris Haghirian, kansascity, 13 Feb. 2018
  • Born in Korea and raised in Seattle, violinist-looper and vocalist Joe Kye has drawn rave reviews since launching his music career in 2013.
    oregonlive, 2 Apr. 2021
  • Buttons provide basic access to a tuner and a looper, though the associated app unlocks more complex options.
    Nate Anderson, Ars Technica, 10 Mar. 2025
  • This sock delivers some serious cushion over the foot’s five most common pressure zones, with warm terry loopers underfoot and a generous shin pad.
    Todd Plummer, Travel + Leisure, 22 Feb. 2023
  • There's a looper, tuner, metronome, and drum machine at the ready.
    Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 23 Jan. 2026
  • And with that diminutive stature, Young has to throw high-arcing loopers just to clear the line of scrimmage.
    Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 22 Nov. 2025
  • Stamberg asked looper David Randolph.
    David Folkenflik, NPR, 16 Oct. 2025
  • In his moment of triumph, Scheffler didn't forget the legendary looper, who is also his friend.
    Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025

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