How to Use bouncer in a Sentence

bouncer

noun
  • The batter hit a bouncer to the shortstop.
  • Hit a high bouncer to short and easily beat it out with his speed.
    Tom Green, AL.com, 15 Apr. 2018
  • All that's missing is the hair pulling and the 300-lb bouncer.
    Fox News, 28 Mar. 2018
  • Think of whitelisting like a bouncer in the VIP line at the party.
    Pamela K. Browne, Fox News, 20 Apr. 2018
  • One man, who left prior to police arrival, reportedly head-butted and punched the bouncer.
    Cheryl Higley, cleveland.com, 27 Mar. 2018
  • Dexter Fowler followed a soft bouncer that Castillo tried to barehand.
    John Fay, Cincinnati.com, 22 Apr. 2018
  • The man pulled out a .40-caliber pistol and fired at the bouncer while running through the parking lot, Leisz said.
    Pauline Repard, sandiegouniontribune.com, 31 Mar. 2018
  • After snagging the second bouncer back to the mound, Mize pumped his fist before tossing the ball over to first to end the inning.
    Tom Green, AL.com, 13 Apr. 2018
  • Joey Votto hit a hard bouncer up the middle that went off Miles Mikolas’ pitching hand for a hit.
    John Fay, Cincinnati.com, 22 Apr. 2018
  • While on the bottom floor, a bouncer was trying to tell a black female, Amandy Fountain, to leave the club and wait outside.
    David J. Neal, miamiherald, 28 Mar. 2018
  • Cervelli advanced to third, but Richards kept him there by retiring his counterpart Taillon on a bouncer to third.
    Craig Davis, Sun-Sentinel.com, 15 Apr. 2018
  • With the bases loaded, Realmuto topped a slow bouncer to the left side and the charging Yankee shortstop rushed the throw and airmailed it past first.
    Craig Davis, Sun-Sentinel.com, 18 Apr. 2018
  • Three other bouncers intervened, grabbing Goodlad, still punching and kicking, by his arms and legs and taking him out of the building.
    Jim Riccioli, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 22 Mar. 2018
  • Leach was working as a bouncer at Ottava Via without approval from the department, Craig said.
    Brandon Patterson, Detroit Free Press, 20 Mar. 2018
  • In another case, Voci sought to dismiss a third-degree-murder count against a bar bouncer who fatally shot his manager during a fight in Germantown.
    Chris Palmer, Philly.com, 4 Apr. 2018
  • Most of the time, the bouncers kick them out with a sneeze.
    Gwen Rockwood The Rockwood Files, arkansasonline.com, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Nir was carried to the beach and the bouncer climbed on top of her.
    Jason Sheeler, PEOPLE.com, 31 July 2020
  • Even some hard-core rock bouncers have made the switch to IFS.
    Mike Sutton, Car and Driver, 17 Apr. 2020
  • Cruz was working as a bouncer for the bar at the time of the shooting.
    Adam Ferrise, cleveland, 22 Mar. 2021
  • Tracy King, a bouncer at the club, was among the 100 people killed in the fire.
    CBS News, 22 Oct. 2021
  • Allen followed with his bouncer up the middle, and Yurt made the play of the game.
    Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 28 May 2022
  • Nolan Jones opened the inning with a bouncer to Cordero at first.
    Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 27 July 2022
  • The club’s staff fought back when the youths tried to throw glass bottles at the bouncer and force their way in.
    Peter Aitken, Fox News, 29 July 2023
  • The driver shouldn’t have to bear the burden of being the bouncer.
    Karina Elwood, orlandosentinel.com, 26 June 2019
  • There was now a bouncer at the door, checking IDs and a small crowd of people around the bar.
    Briana Rice, Cincinnati.com, 6 Feb. 2020
  • The bouncers locked the doors and rolled down a garage door-style window opening.
    The Enquirer, 17 Mar. 2024
  • In the fifth, Trent Grisham’s bouncer to first base glanced off the glove of Hoskins for a two-base error.
    Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Oct. 2022
  • In the video, Kermit stands on the bouncer, hovering over the toy's seat.
    Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 7 Oct. 2021
  • Sometimes the lines grow so long outside a shop in Brooklyn, New York, the owners have to call in a bouncer.
    Natalie Bennett, NBC News, 31 Oct. 2024
  • No matter the bouncers, the underage will always find a back door through which to sneak.
    Jessica Kiang, Variety, 22 Sep. 2024

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