Examples of bunt in a Sentence
Darren Sabedra, The Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2024
In the weight room, long tossing, fielding the ball on bunt coverages.
—Bob Holt, arkansasonline.com, 27 Mar. 2024
Corona del Mar 2, San Clemente 1: Stevie Jones got an RBI bunt single in the eighth for Corona del Mar.
Softball
Sherman Oaks Notre Dame 13, Louisville 7: Alijah Garcia, Charley Tapia and Alexa Miranda each had three hits for Notre Dame, which hit four home runs.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2024
Kyren Paris also reached on a bunt single, and Mickey Moniak attempted to bunt for a hit, but he was thrown out.
—Jeff Fletcher, Orange County Register, 6 Mar. 2024
Peifer laid a clever bunt down the third-base line and just beat Peyton Holt's throw to the bag.
—Tom Murphy, arkansasonline.com, 19 Feb. 2024
On Monday, the lead disappeared in the fifth when Andrew Heaney couldn’t execute a big pitch (more in a moment) or a big fielding play, throwing wildly to first on Jose Altuve’s swinging bunt.
—Evan Grant, Dallas News, 4 Sep. 2023
The franchise of Ruth and Gehrig and Mantle and Jackson and Judge was going to emphasize the bunt.
—Jorge Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2023
In the sixth, James McCann laid down a perfect safety squeeze bunt — one of many elegant bunts from the 33-year-old catcher this year — to score Cedric Mullins, who stole two bases for the first time since opening day.
—Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 20 Sep. 2023
David Ammenheuser, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Mar. 2024
With the game tied at 8 in the eighth and UM runner Dorian Gonzalez Jr. on first, Lucas Costello bunted to third.
—Susan Miller Degnan, Miami Herald, 29 Feb. 2024
Kiner-Falefa bunted on his own, a decision Boone defended.
—Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Aug. 2023
The fact that Hyde even gave Frazier the option to bunt is evidence of the dominance of Baltimore’s closer and the trust his skipper has in him.
—Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 20 July 2023
Johnson started running for home when Marek Houston bunted to the right side.
—Eric Olson, ajc, 23 June 2023
In the top of the 11th, Eden Jessie hit a leadoff single and was bunted to second.
—Caleb Wiegandt, The Courier-Journal, 3 June 2023
Here's a video of Alek Manoah trying to blow a Jeremy Peña bunt foul.
—Ian Harrison, BostonGlobe.com, 5 June 2023
Mason Neville bunted him over to third base and Cali scampered home on a wild pitch to increase the Hogs' lead to 5-2.
—Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online, 6 May 2023
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Word History
Noun (1)
perhaps from Low German, bundle, from Middle Low German; akin to Old English byndel bundle
Verb
alteration of butt
Noun (3)
origin unknown
Noun (1)
circa 1582, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Verb
1584, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1
Noun (2)
1767, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Noun (3)
circa 1790, in the meaning defined above
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“Bunt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bunt. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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