How to Use bounce off in a Sentence

bounce off

phrasal verb
  • The ball bounced off Ibáñez's glove at the back of the warning track.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 21 June 2023
  • The ball bounces off of Jose Canseco’s head for a home run.
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2023
  • The ball bounced off both of Frei’s legs and into the net.
    — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 9 June 2024
  • The ball bounced off the front of the rim, then off the glass, and finally, in.
    — Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 1 Mar. 2024
  • The covers had to be tight enough so a coin bounced off them.
    — Dana Hedgpeth, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Her first shot was a 3-pointer that bounced off the rim.
    — CBS News, 3 Mar. 2024
  • The drone miraculously hit the spare tire on the back of the car and bounced off.
    — Oleksandr Chubko Lynsey Addario, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2024
  • The shot came close, bouncing off the backboard to the front of the rim before hitting the floor.
    — Lou Ponsi, Orange County Register, 8 Jan. 2025
  • The first bounced off the keeper’s hands, and the second went off the far post after a strong run.
    — oregonlive, 1 July 2023
  • The sound raced across the hall, the waves jostling molecules of air and bouncing off walls.
    — Dan Perry, Newsweek, 19 Feb. 2025
  • Gunther was knocked off the apron, and Uso bounced off the ropes and flew over them to hit Gunther on the floor.
    — Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 11 Feb. 2025
  • Replays showed the 32-year-old tumbling to the floor before her head bounced off the track.
    — Julia Andersen, CNN, 10 Mar. 2025
  • The ball went high and wide and bounced off the catcher’s extended glove.
    — Susan Miller Degnan, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2024
  • The fever of the day is over and the sunlight is bouncing off the vast crested ocean in dancing sparkles.
    — Lydia Bell, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 May 2024
  • Pasteur struggled to make out the path in the glare of sunlight bouncing off the ice.
    — Carl Zimmer, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2025
  • In a tie game in the fourth quarter, Williams had a punt bounce off his knee — a muff rather than a fumble.
    — Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 23 Jan. 2024
  • This allows the air from the fan to hit the surface, bounce off and mix with the rest of the air in the room to effectively cool the space.
    — Angela Rodriguez, Sacramento Bee, 10 July 2024
  • His drum beats rattle and scatter and swell, the sound bouncing off of rock.
    — Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Her right-footed kick saw the ball spin into the upper right of the goal, bounce off the top post and into the net.
    — NBC News, 25 July 2024
  • Acosta took a shot at goal, but the ball bounced off the back of teammate Ryan Hollingshead and into the back of the net.
    — Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Worryingly, there was some noise in the readings as the laser bounced off the Moon.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 7 Mar. 2025
  • Most of the high points of the Nagy era came before Parkey’s fateful kick nailed the upright and then bounced off the crossbar.
    — Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 14 Oct. 2024
  • Asprilla twisted his body and fired a shot at the far post, and Daniel just watched as the ball bounced off the frame of goal and out.
    — oregonlive, 17 June 2023
  • Young hurled up an off-balance one-hander that bounced off the rim as the horn sounded.
    — arkansasonline.com, 10 Dec. 2023
  • Both questions bounced off Voronkov like most of the opponents who try to check him.
    — Aaron Portzline, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025
  • Schools of bar jack fish swam through, rays of sun bouncing off their silvery sides.
    — Evan Bush, NBC News, 19 Sep. 2024
  • Inside the main reception, the sound of the water fountains from the indoor pool bounces off the walls.
    — Lucy Edwards, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Before he was hustled inside, his chest bounced off the wall of the building.
    — Dan Mangan, CNBC, 10 Dec. 2024
  • However, a lucky bounce off a tree put him back into play and gave him a chance.
    — Mark Joseph, Newsweek, 24 Feb. 2025
  • This time, the baseball bounced off the window without leaving a mark.
    — Zachary Folk, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023

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