fastball
noun
fast·ball
ˈfas(t)-ˌbȯl 
: a baseball pitch thrown at full speed and often appearing to rise slightly as it nears the plate
Examples of fastball in a Sentence
He struck him out with a fastball.
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Cortes threw another fastball, but, alas, lower this time.
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Nicholas Dawidoff, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
The 21-year-old is now fully healthy again and his fastball is back up into the high 90s.
—Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
Even now, nobody can make a fastball move quite like Mo’s.
—Zach Schonbrun, The Atlantic, 28 Oct. 2024
The first pitch is a 96-mph fastball from Dodgers starter Jack Flaherty.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 26 Oct. 2024
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Nicholas Dawidoff, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
The 21-year-old is now fully healthy again and his fastball is back up into the high 90s.
—Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
Even now, nobody can make a fastball move quite like Mo’s.
—Zach Schonbrun, The Atlantic, 28 Oct. 2024
The first pitch is a 96-mph fastball from Dodgers starter Jack Flaherty.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 26 Oct. 2024
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“Fastball.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fastball. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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fastball
noun
fast·ball
ˈfas(t)-ˌbȯl
: a baseball pitch thrown at full speed
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