How to Use carom in a Sentence

carom

1 of 2 noun

• If a fielder caught the carom off the roof, the batter would be out.
  — Tom Verducci, SI.com, 13 July 2017
• The carom gave Washington a 3 on 1, and Lars Eller’s heavy shot went through Rask’s glove and off the crossbar.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 15 May 2021
• Rose was steaming around the bases as Jose Cruz played the carom and fired to shortstop Rafael Landestoy for the relay.
  — Bruce Jenkins, SFChronicle.com, 28 Sep. 2019
• The ball hit off the brick wall, and right fielder Dexter Fowler perfectly played it off the carom.
  — Jill Martin, CNN, 4 Oct. 2019
• Dahl misplayed the carom off the side wall, allowing Casali to score and Winker to cruise into third.
  — Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 12 July 2019
• Dylan Carlson played the carom off the wall, and the bases were clogged, with Bellinger trapped off third base and Taylor trapped off second.
  — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2021
• Her debut in English, A Girl Returned, caroms from one side of the divide to the other.
  — John Domini, Dallas News, 1 July 2019
• Nyk Sessock got a foot to the ball, sending it off the far left post and Maouloune Goumballe pounced on the carom for a 2-1 advantage.
  — Jeremy Price, The Indianapolis Star, 7 May 2021
• Not just because it’s built into a soaring warehouse of a building where the sound caroms off the walls.
  — Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 8 Feb. 2018
• Gallo has also taken some balls on the turf and is learning more about bounces and caroms.
  — Dallas News, 13 May 2020
• If a ball isn’t touched by a fielder and caroms from the rubber to foul territory along the first and third-base base paths, it’s foul.
  — Chris Chase, For The Win, 11 Apr. 2018
• Florida's Hudson grabbed the carom, and then a foul was called by Evans against Chiozza.
  — Tom Groeschen, Cincinnati.com, 9 Dec. 2017
• Matthews scored an overtime winner against Chicago by taking the puck off a carom off the back of Patrick Kane's right skate and going down the ice.
  — USA TODAY, 17 Oct. 2017
• When rightfielder Jayson Werth misplayed the carom off the side wall, Walker came all the way around from first on what was scored a double and E-9.
  — Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 Sep. 2017
• Kole Calhoun’s line drive took a strange and serendipitous carom off the right-field wall in the fourth inning on Wednesday night.
  — Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 6 Aug. 2020
• But Gonzalez collected the carom off the board and left-footed a shot into the net.
  — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Jan. 2022
• Wheeler's tying goal in the waning seconds was set up after a bizarre carom off the boards as Bernier went behind the net to cut off the puck.
  — USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2018
• Arraez followed with a shot to left that hit the ball and dropped on the warning track, while Akiyama was expecting a carom.
  — John Fay, The Enquirer, 27 Sep. 2020
• Winker doesn’t hit the ball very hard, but left fielder David Dahl misplays the carom off the side wall, allowing Casali to score and Winker to cruise into third.
  — Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 20 July 2019
• Pinder reached third as Lewis bobbled the carom and scored on Kemp’s sacrifice fly.
  — Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 31 May 2021
• In this one, Louis Domingue – Smith’s backup – tried to play a dump-in from Kase that took a hard carom off the end boards but didn’t get a stick on it and got caught out of position.
  — Eric Stephens, Orange County Register, 15 Jan. 2017
• The final act by a Carolina player fell to Theo Pinson, who flung the ball on high and saw it bounce once on the court and carom into press row.
  — Mark Bradley, ajc, 4 Apr. 2017
• Poganski scored 2:30 into the third period off a big carom off the end boards.
  — Mike Chambers, The Denver Post, 17 Mar. 2017
• The Cardinals also dominated on the boards, pulling down 39 caroms, 13 more than the Tigers.
  — Indystar Sports, Indianapolis Star, 22 Dec. 2017
• Following a carom off the post of goalkeeper Spencer Richey's net, Aaron Schoenfeld banged home the winner from about six yards out.
  — Pat Brennan, The Enquirer, 24 Oct. 2020
• The ball hit the angled portion of the wall beyond the reach of center fielder Michael Harris II, and the carom rolled along the warning track toward right-center.
  — CBS News, 16 Oct. 2022
• On Tuesday, Yaz walked the outfield in front of the Green Monster with his grandson, and warned him about the caroms being different off the scoreboard than off the wall above it.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 20 Sep. 2019
• But of course, their longest gain, the 53-yard carom to Zach Ertz just before halftime, should have been a Chiefs interception.
  — Les Bowen, Philly.com, 18 Sep. 2017
• The finish might have also reversed the team's puck luck, as the winger capitalized on a fortuitous carom in the wake of a string of close calls and near misses by the Wild.
  — Sarah McLellan, Star Tribune, 25 May 2021
• Mancini hit a ball that took a wild carom off the left-center-field fence, and a Mancini slid into third headfirst for his first major league triple.
  — Eduardo A. Encina, baltimoresun.com, 18 June 2017

Advertisement

carom

2 of 2 verb

• The ball caromed off the rim and bounced into the air as the Magic came up short.
  — Roy Parry, orlandosentinel.com, 6 Nov. 2019
• The ball hit off the heel of his glove and then caromed off the wall as Kipnis took third.
  — Jay Jaffe, SI.com, 9 Oct. 2017
• The ball caromed off Altuve’s glove and bounced to his right.
  — Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 14 Oct. 2019
• The ball caromed right and a Westview rebound sailed over the net.
  — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Mar. 2023
• The Ramblers brought the ball down the court, and Custer put up a shot that hit the rim, caromed off the glass and went in for the go-ahead score.
  — Creg Stephenson, AL.com, 17 Mar. 2018
• Those are tough to acquire when shots carom all over the gym.
  — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 Apr. 2022
• The shot caromed off Donskoi and behind Grubauer for the score.
  — Mike Chambers, The Denver Post, 3 Oct. 2019
• The pass caromed off Dwelley’s right hand and was corralled by Tartt.
  — Eric Branch, SFChronicle.com, 14 Aug. 2019
• The ball caromed off the backboard and toward Melton, who gave it a light kick with the side of his foot.
  — Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 6 May 2023
• Hauck got her chance to score on the fourth shot, which caromed off the keeper's hands, off the goal post and in for a 4-3 lead.
  — Jack Marrion, Houston Chronicle, 14 Jan. 2018
• The ball caromed around the fence, ending up in front of the visitors' dugout on the first-base side.
  — Andrew Turner, latimes.com, 1 May 2018
• But when the ball caromed off the empty outfield seats, a lump rose in my throat.
  — Robert O'Connell, The Atlantic, 12 May 2020
• Childs bit, flew in the air, Williams shot, missed, but Childs caromed into him.
  — Don Norcross, sandiegouniontribune.com, 18 Feb. 2018
• The ball caromed like a billiards ball to Sunahara for an easy lay-in.
  — Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 25 Mar. 2023
• Adi had a clear strike that caromed off the crossbar in the ninth minute for probably the best chance in the first half.
  — Anne M. Peterson, chicagotribune.com, 19 May 2018
• His shot caromed off the post to the far side for Capodanno, who buried the rebound.
  — Glenn Graham, Baltimore Sun, 19 Sep. 2023
• Giroux whipped a shot off the left post that caromed past Anton Khudobin with 10:22 left in the first.
  — Sam Carchidi, Philly.com, 1 Apr. 2018
• Fittingly, Clark, the future Torero, closed the match with a kill that caromed off the Dons.
  — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Nov. 2023
• But his second hit the back of the iron, and caromed to Curry, who was cutting across from the left side.
  — Creg Stephenson | [e-mail], al, 16 Feb. 2020
• His shot was stopped by Huska, but the puck caromed back out into the slot, and Djoos fired it in.
  — Staff Report, courant.com, 1 Dec. 2019
• Manuel Brown got off an off-balance 35-foot shot at the buzzer that caromed off the backboard.
  — Kyle Neddenriep, Indianapolis Star, 21 Feb. 2018
• His drive on the reachable par-4 eighth hole caromed off a tree, through the bunker and onto the green to set up an eagle.
  — USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2018
• The block caromed into the River Falls backcourt where the team’s libero made a diving save on the ball.
  — Mark Stewart, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4 Nov. 2017
• Catcher Hunter May hit a two-run bomb that caromed off the scoreboard in left field to give Northshore a 2-0 lead.
  — Jim Derry, NOLA.com, 28 Mar. 2018
• The ball caromed out of bounds with one-tenth of a second left and none of the officials knew which team touched it last.
  — Brad Townsend, Dallas News, 3 Apr. 2023
• Porter tried to move out of the way, but the ball hit his foot — and caromed directly toward the flagstick.
  — Ron Kroichick, SFChronicle.com, 9 June 2019
• Reyna’s hard shot in the fourth minute caromed off the far post, the first sign that this might be Tijuana’s night.
  — Mark Zeigler, sandiegouniontribune.com, 10 May 2018
• The curving lefty serve caromed away from her, and so did the charging volleys.
  — Sally Jenkins, Anchorage Daily News, 3 July 2023
• The ball caromed and quickly scooted across the green and into the water hazard fronting the green.
  — Richard Dean, Houston Chronicle, 6 May 2018
• His catcher got crossed up, the ball caromed away and a runner from third scored the game-winning run.
  — Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 27 Feb. 2023

Last Updated: 28 May 2024