How to Use softball in a Sentence
softball
noun- Do you want to play softball?
- All the questions in the interview were softballs.
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The start of Misch’s softball life?
—Tony Baranek, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2026
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There was a celebrity softball game in town.
—Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
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Sequoia’s softball coach has enough on his plate with one team.
—Christian Babcock, Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2025
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Here’s the second softball pitched by the board.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 29 Nov. 2025
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Bautista thinks other sports have helped her in softball too.
—Bobby Narang, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026
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So what happened to the softball game?
—Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 5 Feb. 2026
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Sports fans, get your vote in for the top softball player of the year.
—Joe Mutascio, IndyStar, 25 Mar. 2026
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The first question is a softball.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 22 Apr. 2026
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But the only ball Hope had thrown in high school was a softball.
—Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2026
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New stars continue to rise for a softball team that wins as one.
—Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2026
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Welniak has been around softball for much of her life.
—Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026
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The crowd of softball dads teared up when Allie tried to swing the bat.
—Sarah Varney, oregonlive, 16 Sep. 2021
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Though softball is her first love, football is a close second.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 24 Oct. 2025
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And softball is their place for a moment away from life’s challenges.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2026
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What is the most difficult softball skill for you?
—Rick Cantu, Austin American Statesman, 20 Jan. 2026
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Travis Kelce is showing off his softball skills all in the name of a good cause.
—Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 9 June 2024
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Chloe Stone had a home run for South Lake softball.
—Steve Gorches, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2026
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Alexis is the last of four softball sisters.
—Tony Baranek, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
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His daughter played softball at Agoura.
—Tarek Fattal, Daily News, 29 May 2026
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In fact, talking about softball made her … kind of melancholy.
—Tony Baranek, Chicago Tribune, 1 Apr. 2026
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At the same time, the Texas head softball coach wanted to throw up in his as well.
—Kirk Bohls, Houston Chronicle, 30 Apr. 2026
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The next morning, workers found the dead birds and a new, softball-sized hole in the mesh.
—Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 May 2022
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Her kids fell in love with the man who played softball with them and other youngsters on their street.
—Vincent T. Davis, San Antonio Express-News, 7 Feb. 2022
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Maya Brady has been as great at softball as her uncle was at football.
—Alex Valdes, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2025
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There’s no redo like bowling or softball.
—Bobby Narang, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026
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One day, the teenager decided to pick up a glove and play softball.
—Susan H. Kamei, The Conversation, 17 Oct. 2025
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There’s a batting cage for softball practice and a playscape where young kids can climb, swing and slide.
—Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 22 Aug. 2021
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The Grants were too new to elite softball to grasp the magnitude of it all.
—Ira Gorawara, New York Times, 15 May 2026
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