curveball
noun
curve·ball
ˈkərv-ˌbȯl 
: a slow or moderately fast baseball pitch thrown with spin to make it swerve downward and usually to the left when thrown from the right hand or to the right when thrown from the left hand
curveball
verb
Examples of curveball in a Sentence
The batter struck out on a curveball.
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Clay Holmes entered and hit Max Muncy with a 2-0 curveball.
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Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 26 Oct. 2024
How Cole Kmet hit a curveball in the Chicago Bears’ blowout win.
—Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 14 Oct. 2024
The University of Tennessee product has an elite fastball and a biting slider and is developing a solid curveball and changeup.
—Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 6 Oct. 2024
Lamorne Morris’ Fargo win was also a fun curveball, but genuine surprises like that were few and far between.
—Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 15 Sep. 2024
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Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 26 Oct. 2024
How Cole Kmet hit a curveball in the Chicago Bears’ blowout win.
—Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 14 Oct. 2024
The University of Tennessee product has an elite fastball and a biting slider and is developing a solid curveball and changeup.
—Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 6 Oct. 2024
Lamorne Morris’ Fargo win was also a fun curveball, but genuine surprises like that were few and far between.
—Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 15 Sep. 2024
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“Curveball.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/curveball. Accessed 18 Nov. 2024.
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