Examples of bobble in a Sentence
Verb
The catcher bobbled the ball.
the first baseman bobbled the catch, so the runner was safe
Noun
a bobble that cost them the game
The curtains have a series of bobbles along the edge.
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Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 May 2025
On Sunday night, third baseman Mark Vientos bobbled a leadoff grounder by Paul Goldschmidt to spark a two-run first inning for the Yankees.
—Jerry Beach, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 25 May 2025
Reliever Nuri Gutman pitched well to strike out the side in the fourth inning, but Romero turned a double in the left-center gap into another run off a bobble by the defense.
—Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 24 May 2025
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Verb
Machado committed three errors, Jake Cronenworth bobbled a ball that might have prevented a run and helped end the carnage earlier in the seventh and Jose Iglesias erred in the eighth.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 May 2025
On Sunday night, third baseman Mark Vientos bobbled a leadoff grounder by Paul Goldschmidt to spark a two-run first inning for the Yankees.
—Jerry Beach, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
Noun
Miguel Vargas made a slight bobble, leading to no chance for a play at the plate, and then decided to throw to first.
—Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 25 May 2025
Reliever Nuri Gutman pitched well to strike out the side in the fourth inning, but Romero turned a double in the left-center gap into another run off a bobble by the defense.
—Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 24 May 2025
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“Bobble.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bobble. Accessed 29 May. 2025.
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