fly ball

noun

Examples of fly ball in a Sentence

He hit a long fly ball to left field.
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Aaron Judge made a nice catch on a Freddie Freeman fly ball for the first out of the inning: Yankees still lead 5-0. Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 31 Oct. 2024 Now there were an awful lot of can-of-corn fly balls within that excess - only the Nationals had weaker average fly ball authority among NL clubs - but all of that volume has an impact. Tony Blengino, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024 The shallow fly ball that hung up just long enough for Teoscar Hernández to get there. Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2024 After play was paused to assess the foul ball, Doval locked in and recorded a quick fly ball out that pushed across the Royals’ lone run, then struck out Pham on four pitches. Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 20 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for fly ball 

Word History

First Known Use

1865, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of fly ball was in 1865

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“Fly ball.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fly%20ball. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.

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