Examples of grounder in a Sentence
He hit a grounder to the shortstop.
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Reggie Smith hit a hard grounder down the line that Nettles snared and threw to first to get Smith.
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Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024
Guardians outfielder Steven Kwan’s grounder to left field brought in a run to cut the deficit to 5-2, but that was as close as Cleveland would get.
—Homero De La Fuente, CNN, 15 Oct. 2024
Its high 2024 grounder park factor of 116.9 pumped up offense a bit - at this point, that seems like an outlier that should regress to the mean going forward.
—Tony Blengino, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
Xander Bogaerts hit a routine grounder to Rojas, who rather than tossing the ball to second baseman Gavin Lux attempted to touch second himself before throwing to first.
—Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2024
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Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024
Guardians outfielder Steven Kwan’s grounder to left field brought in a run to cut the deficit to 5-2, but that was as close as Cleveland would get.
—Homero De La Fuente, CNN, 15 Oct. 2024
Its high 2024 grounder park factor of 116.9 pumped up offense a bit - at this point, that seems like an outlier that should regress to the mean going forward.
—Tony Blengino, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
Xander Bogaerts hit a routine grounder to Rojas, who rather than tossing the ball to second baseman Gavin Lux attempted to touch second himself before throwing to first.
—Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2024
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“Grounder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grounder. Accessed 4 Nov. 2024.
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grounder
noun
ground·er
ˈgrau̇n-dər 
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