How to Use ricochet in a Sentence

ricochet

1 of 2 noun

• He was hit by a ricochet.
• The ricochet caused the ball to go through the back of the end zone for a safety.
  — David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 27 Sep. 2022
• The ricochet is too hot to handle, though, and is turned over the ball.
  — Andrew Das, New York Times, 24 June 2018
• The umpires didn’t see the ball land over the fence and ricochet back onto the field.
  — Ryan Divish, The Seattle Times, 28 Apr. 2017
• He was grazed in the side, and then struck again by the bullet’s ricochet.
  — New York Times, 19 May 2018
• The ball bounced out of the basket on the ricochet, but that basket counts.
  — Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 17 Feb. 2022
• When British skip Bruce Mouat failed to knock it out on a ricochet, the Swedes had clinched it.
  — San Francisco Chronicle, 19 Feb. 2022
• In the process, the officer killed a young girl with a ricochet.
  — Ryan Cooper, The Week, 29 Dec. 2021
• That would raise the odds of a soft landing or maybe even a lucky ricochet.
  — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2023
• Webb hauled in the ricochet and returned it to the Bengals’ 2-yard line.
  — Jeff Zrebiec, baltimoresun.com, 10 Sep. 2017
• The ball hit him in the back and Zakoby McClain caught the ricochet for a 100-yard sprint.
  — Michael Casagrande | [e-mail], al, 1 Dec. 2019
• In the second slam, Grant flew in for an ricochet rebound and stuffed the ball home early in the fourth.
  — Mike Singer, The Denver Post, 25 Oct. 2019
• Even as rhymes ricochet about, the whole seems to eddy from the walls into the room’s center.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 31 Oct. 2019
• The hunter, who police did not identify, saw the round ricochet off the ground.
  — baltimoresun.com, 1 Dec. 2019
• After review, the ricochet off Stastny’s glove was deemed a good goal and the Jets took a 1-0 lead.
  — Kristen Nelson, SI.com, 6 May 2018
• Bogaerts was able to play the ricochet at shortstop and throw out Miller at first for the second out.
  — Julian Benbow, BostonGlobe.com, 27 July 2022
• The ball Altuve hit came off the wall so hard that Heredia was standing there and caught it off the ricochet.
  — Ryan Divish, The Seattle Times, 19 July 2017
• His descent was described as more of a ricochet down an icy chute than a freefall through space.
  — The Editors, Outside Online, 24 Feb. 2015
• Thomas Amang, if only as a threat, helped to turn a ricochet into the game-winning goal.
  — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Mar. 2022
• The sounds and ricochets seemed to be coming from all directions.
  — Noah Weiland, New York Times, 10 June 2018
• Like everyone else around him, Luis had watched Covid-19 ricochet around the world.
  — Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Apr. 2020
• The second victim, a juvenile, was shot in the foot from a ricochet bullet while the third victim left the scene and went to his aunt's house.
  — Alta Spells, CNN, 23 Nov. 2019
• The ball bounced off the backstop and right to Martin as Mejia darted home, but Martin muffed the ricochet and Mejia slid home safely to tie the score.
  — Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2019
• However, Amaya recovered the ricochet in time and nailed Peabody at the plate.
  — Staff Report, Orange County Register, 11 Apr. 2017
• With his shot initially blocked, Veach deflected the ricochet into the back of the net on a second chance to extend the lead to 4-0.
  — Ben Heck, Baltimore Sun, 28 Sep. 2022
• The ricochet from McGee’s block went right into Steph Curry’s hands, in motion on the fastbreak.
  — Anthony Slater, The Mercury News, 7 May 2017
• The ball ricochet toward the plate, but Senzel made it easily with his speed.
  — Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 16 May 2021
• Correa grabbed the ricochet with his bare hand as the Yankees' leadoff hitter touched third base.
  — Chandler Rome, Houston Chronicle, 14 Oct. 2019
• Stephenson fielded the ball off of the ricochet, saw the runner at third base creeping off of the bag and delivered a perfect throw to third base.
  — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 10 July 2022
• The ricochet bounced up in the air and hung tantalizingly for a moment before the ball and Straw landed in a heap on the warning track.
  — Joe Noga, cleveland, 26 Apr. 2022

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ricochet

2 of 2 verb

• The bullet ricocheted off the wall.
• The virus, which emerged in Asia and spread to the West, is at risk of ricocheting back.
  — Motoko Rich, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Mar. 2020
• Houck fell to both knees as the ball ricocheted to third base.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 16 June 2023
• Naeher got her hands up to stop it; the ball ricocheted into the air.
  — Sean Gregory, Time, 6 Aug. 2023
• But the new signage means that any punt that goes above 90 feet is going to hit the sign and ricochet back to the ground.
  — Dallas News, 19 Sep. 2022
• The metallic object crashed through the roof of a house and ricocheted around a bedroom.
  — Jackie Wattles, CNN, 9 May 2023
• The ball ricocheted toward the seats in right center field.
  — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 16 May 2023
• The ball ricocheted off Chaney's fingertips and out of bounds.
  — Scottie Bordelon, Arkansas Online, 14 Dec. 2019
• But then Jackson’s second pass of the game sailed high and ricocheted off the hands of tight end Mark Andrews.
  — Bill Pennington, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2020
• The Bears had one more shot, but Jared Butler’s 3-pointer from beyond the top of the key ricocheted off the front of the iron as time expired.
  — Stephen Hawkins, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Feb. 2020
• The ball ricocheted off Kindle Vildor as Aiyuk fell to the turf, advancing the football to the 6-yard line.
  — USA TODAY, 29 Jan. 2024
• Kluber would later yield a solo shot to Brennan in the eighth that ricocheted off the foul pole in right.
  — Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 8 June 2023
• The pop of gunfire ricocheted through the streets, and the demonstrators started running for their lives.
  — John Eligon Joao Silva, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2024
• The line inches forward and questions ricochet around your brain as your palms start to moisten: Will the bagel guy be nice to me?
  — Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 1 Nov. 2023
• Mac Jones got the placement down, and as Bulovas followed through with his right leg, the ball veered left and ricocheted off the left upright.
  — Tom Green | [e-mail], al, 1 Dec. 2019
• Shepperd’s goal came after the ball ricocheted to him among a swarm of bodies in front of the goal after a long free kick that went about 50 yards in the air.
  — Greg Riddle, Dallas News, 8 Apr. 2023
• It’s in reference to the beams of light that ricochet off of the hovering clouds and surface of the Pacific ocean.
  — Malik Peay, Essence, 28 Apr. 2022
• Sheriff Gonzalez said that the bullet went through the man’s leg and likely ricocheted off the floor.
  — Josiah Bates, Time, 24 Feb. 2020
• Pastrnak’s sizzling one-timer, his trademark shot, went wide left of the near post and ricocheted sharply off the rear wall.
  — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Apr. 2023
• The report ricocheted through the right-wing pundit universe.
  — Hanna Krueger, BostonGlobe.com, 15 July 2023
• Lewandowski's goal was a fortuitous one as the ball ricocheted off his leg while a defender tried to clear it from in front of the net.
  — Tales Azzoni, USA TODAY, 24 Jan. 2024
• This is just one of those songs that ricocheted me back onto a different path.
  — Jill Mapes, Pitchfork, 20 Nov. 2023
• Stock some cranks that run at 3 to 5 feet deep and others that dig deeper and ricochet off rocks and logs to incite instinct strikes.
  — Gerald Almy, Field & Stream, 20 Mar. 2023
• Now, many more games are played in prime time, and big plays — even injuries — swiftly ricochet across the internet.
  — Ken Belson, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2023
• The crash caused the Mazda to ricochet across the roadway, strike the center median and flip onto its roof, police said.
  — Robin Goist, cleveland, 2 Nov. 2020
• Those claims ricocheted throughout the finance world and then on to the very members who pay thousands of dollars every year in dues.
  — Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Mar. 2024
• The shot went wide but ricocheted off a graniteware mug and grazed Christianson’s neck.
  — David Reamer | Alaska History, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Aug. 2023
• Your chemistry can ricochet from the feel-good pleasure of dopamine to the fight-or-flight anxiety of cortisol.
  — The Enquirer, 16 Dec. 2021
• In the sixth, Mookie Betts threw out a runner at second after adjusting to a line drive that ricocheted off the corner of the wall in foul ground.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2023
• Moments later, Jason Robertson’s shot from the slot hit the same post and ricocheted away from danger.
  — Tim Booth, ajc, 14 May 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024