sling stresses either the use of whirling momentum in throwing or directness of aim.
slung the bag over his shoulder
Examples of pitch in a Sentence
Verb (2)
needed help pitching a tent
when a wave hit the float, I lost my balance and pitched into the lake
the ship pitched in the choppy sea pitched the baseball almost 50 feet
we decided to pitch that whole system and start over again
the cutting-edge ad agency was hired to pitch our products to a younger generation of consumers
the roof should be pitched steeply enough to prevent an excessive accumulation of snow Noun (2)
the daring pitch of the escaped prisoner into the swirling ocean waters at the base of the cliff
the steep pitch of the roof makes it too dangerous to walk on
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Noun
The five winners were selected from 16 student teams that presented their startup pitches at Purdue University Northwest’s Hammond campus Feb. 26.—Christin Lazerus, Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2025 What’s certain is this baseball-crazy nation will focus on every pitch at the Tokyo Dome as two of its own look to shine.
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Verb
Montgomery is due $22.5 million, and the chances of him pitching well enough to justify that contract are slim.—Russel Honoré, Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2025 The logical solution would have been to trade some of the starting pitching for hitting in the offseason, especially with ownership providing the front office with a tight budget that precluded the pursuit of pricy free agents.—John Perrotto, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for pitch
Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
Middle English pich, from Old English pic, from Latin pic-, pix; akin to Greek pissa pitch, Old Church Slavic pĭcĭlŭ
Verb (2)
Middle English pichen to thrust, drive, fix firmly, probably from Old English *piccan, from Vulgar Latin *piccare — more at pike
First Known Use
Noun (1)
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Verb (1)
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
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