fly ball

noun

Examples of fly ball in a Sentence

He hit a long fly ball to left field.
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The batter lifted an ordinary two-out fly ball towards left field. Chuck Murr, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024 Aaron Judge dropped a routine fly ball in center field, Anthony Volpe misfired on a throw to third baseman Jazz Chisholm, and Gerrit Cole and Anthony Rizzo did not communicate who was going to cover the first base bag on a simple ground ball. Ryan Morik, Fox News, 5 Nov. 2024 Judge, who did not commit an error in 158 regular-season games and 13 postseason games, raced in and had plenty of time to catch what seemed to be a routine fly ball. Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024 Players with pizzazz blow bubbles while catching fly balls or hitting home runs. Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 29 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for fly ball 

Word History

First Known Use

1865, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of fly ball was in 1865

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“Fly ball.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fly%20ball. Accessed 2 Dec. 2024.

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