How to Use slider in a Sentence

slider

noun
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  • Move the slider back to the right to the same date last year.
    — Brandon Miller, CNN, 31 Aug. 2022
  • The problem: The Red Sox didn’t offer at the slider in the eighth.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Ramírez struck out on the pitch in the fourth but spoiled Sears’ full-count slider in the fifth.
    — Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Apr. 2023
  • And against lefties, Watkins has thrown the slider just 5.1% of the time.
    — Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun, 4 Sep. 2022
  • Drag the slider to the right and give your iPad around 30 seconds to shut down.
    — Dua Rashid / Gizmodo, Quartz, 29 Mar. 2024
  • Place a lettuce leaf on the bottom half of the slider rolls.
    — cleveland, 18 Jan. 2023
  • Betts struck out on a slider that was below and wide of the strike zone.
    — Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2023
  • Pulling a stubborn bag shut puts a lot of force on the slider and teeth.
    — Joe Jackson, Outside Online, 17 Oct. 2024
  • Smith then took a sinker and a slider that were both well below the zone for a walk.
    — Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2024
  • Thompson has a fastball in the mid 80s with a mid to high 70s slider.
    — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Feb. 2024
  • There, tap Text Size and adjust the slider to make the text larger.
    — Popular Science, 9 Nov. 2023
  • His wild pitch, on a slider that backed up away from Wong, scored Mullins.
    — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Sep. 2022
  • Not gold leaf, not dry ice, not 50 shades of slider buns, not 50 Cent.
    — Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 25 Aug. 2022
  • Solano pulled a hanging slider over the wall in left with two outs in the second to give the Padres a 1-0 lead.
    — Miami Herald, 28 May 2024
  • Your guests will come for the sliders, stay for the pickled peppers.
    — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Martinez has a fastball that sits in the upper-90s as well as a slider and a split-change.
    — Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 9 Nov. 2022
  • The fastball and the splitter and the slider, that's really great to look down there and see.
    — The Arizona Republic, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Once again, Báez struck out swinging on an 88.5 mph slider in the dirt.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 8 June 2022
  • Other than that, the slider/cutter and the fastball both have the same tunneling and looks the same most of the time to the plate.
    — Journal Sentinel, 10 May 2023
  • From chilis to sliders to stews, slow cookers can do it all.
    — Phoebe Evans, Southern Living, 4 Aug. 2024
  • Southpaw has been up to 101 w/firm swing-and-miss slider.
    — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 14 July 2022
  • The slider to some righties was just off [the plate] for either chase or called third strikes.
    — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2024
  • But the slider and a mid-90s sinker got away from Patiño, and three straight balls sent Short to first and Vierling home for a 2-0 lead.
    — Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 10 Sep. 2023
  • The sleek aluminum case has a loop for attaching it to a keyring and a slider to push out the USB-A plug.
    — Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Steer fouled off five pitches to stay alive and then watched a slider dip outside of the strike zone to draw the walk.
    — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 3 Sep. 2022
  • Kershaw used a 73-mph curveball and an 88-mph slider to get the final two outs of the frame.
    — Janis Carr, Orange County Register, 25 July 2024
  • The slurve is well known, though, as a combination of a slider and a curve.
    — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2023
  • That’s where Cecconi’s mind went, dead set on a slider.
    — The Arizona Republic, 29 Aug. 2023
  • Seager and Jung both chased sliders outside the zone for strike three.
    — Shawn McFarland, Dallas News, 9 July 2023
  • Get ready to be hooked up with a free chicken slider courtesy of a popular rapper.
    — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 23 Oct. 2024

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