How to Use rosin in a Sentence

rosin

noun
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  • Bauer went to the rosin bag to try and get a better grip on the ball.
    — Paul Hoynes, cleveland.com, 5 June 2017
  • Loaisiga asked that a rosin bag be brought to the mound with the bases loaded.
    — courant.com, 21 Sep. 2020
  • The strain of our new rosin currently on shelves is Spritzer.
    — Lindsey Bartlett, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2022
  • For that matter, bring your own pine tar to the on-deck circle, your own rosin bag to the mound.
    — John Shea, SFChronicle.com, 24 June 2020
  • When heat is added to the process, the resulting compound is called rosin hash.
    — Alex Wigglesworth, latimes.com, 20 Apr. 2018
  • Technically, the rosin helps the dancers’ shoes keep a grip on the slippery stage floor.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Aug. 2019
  • The first recall was just a month ago and involved a rosin made by One Orijin.
    — Laura Hancock, cleveland, 22 Dec. 2019
  • The powdered rosin is extracted from the sap of fir trees and is sticky in nature.
    — John Shea, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 June 2021
  • Standing on the back of the mound in the middle of the meetup, Suarez picked up the rosin bag, bounced it in his hand and plopped it back onto the dirt.
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2023
  • Melvin said pitchers will need more than rosin, which is legal, to get a good grip.
    — John Shea, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 June 2021
  • Next, rosin and gum were used to burn coals into the tree, which were removed by scraping with shells.
    — Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 10 Oct. 2022
  • There is no stepping out of the batter’s box or fidgeting with the rosin bag.
    — Jason Horowitz, The New Yorker, 9 Nov. 2022
  • As Encarnacion finished his trot, Sale slammed the rosin bag to the ground.
    — Dennis Manoloff, cleveland.com, 6 Aug. 2017
  • So far, reports of pine rosin in cannabis extracts have been few and far between.
    — Troy Farah, Discover Magazine, 8 Sep. 2021
  • The pitcher said what the umpires found was a combination of rosin and sweat.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 29 June 2021
  • Hitters have largely been fine with sunscreen and rosin for grip.
    — Tim O'Donnell, The Week, 15 June 2021
  • In the past, rosin bags, which pitchers use to enhance grip on the mound, were different at each ballpark.
    — Jorge Castillostaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2022
  • Of course, any gripping agents beyond rosin have long been against baseball’s rules.
    — New York Times, 25 June 2021
  • Pitchers are allowed to use rosin, but they aren’t permitted to put it on their gloves.
    — Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 20 Aug. 2021
  • Pitchers can use rosin on their pitching hand, wrist and forearm.
    — Andrew Hammond, Detroit Free Press, 5 Aug. 2021
  • At one point, Greene grabbed the rosin bag to try to dry his hands, and Reds manager David Bell walked onto the field to check with the umpire about the status of the game.
    — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 26 May 2022
  • Players rushed to the mound, spraying rosin and water in a frenzy of adrenaline and joy.
    — Tyler Foy, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Aug. 2022
  • Scherzer said the sticky stuff was a combination of legal rosin and sweat.
    — Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2023
  • The league banning the combination of sunscreen and rosin is a complete joke.
    — Tim O'Donnell, The Week, 15 June 2021
  • Why, pitchers are even asked to bring their own rosin bag to the mound, with batters taking their own pine tar and batting donuts to and from the on-deck circle.
    — Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 16 May 2020
  • The chains look metallic but are made of polyurethane colophony (rosin) and iron powder, and the threads are silk — spun by silkworms that the artist guided to do his bidding.
    — Scarlet Cheng, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2019
  • That can be cured by applying machinist’s rosin or Barge Cement to the rings.
    — David E. Petzal, Field & Stream, 5 May 2020
  • The game resumed 49 minutes later, with Hendriks fussing over the rosin bag.
    — Dave Hogg, Star Tribune, 11 June 2021
  • The only substance permitted for pitchers to assist their grip will be the rosin bag behind the mound.
    — Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 16 June 2021
  • Apparently the old standby of sweat and rosin works pretty well, too.
    — Tim Dahlberg, Star Tribune, 26 June 2021

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