How to Use get/set/start the ball rolling in a Sentence

get/set/start the ball rolling

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• Even so, many do not jump on the chance to get the ball rolling.
  — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 15 Sep. 2021
• These tools can help get the ball rolling and keep it rolling. 4.
  — Caroline Petersen, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2023
• Here are 30 of the best New Year's Eve decorations to get the ball rolling.
  — Christina Montoya Fiedler, Woman's Day, 8 Dec. 2022
• Try to answer it with optimism and be ready to get the ball rolling.
  — Chicago Tribune, 11 Dec. 2022
• So, get the ball rolling on all of your Mother's Day baking with a few of our favorite make-ahead desserts.
  — Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 10 Apr. 2024
• Another avenue would be to spur from within a spark that might get the ball rolling.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 13 Aug. 2022
• To get the ball rolling, Natasha planned an intimate massage for Brendan.
  — Dory Jackson, PEOPLE.com, 30 Aug. 2021
• One team was especially anxious to get the ball rolling.
  — Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2023
• Oftentimes though, one event can get the ball rolling in politics.
  — Harry Enten, CNN, 31 Jan. 2022
• Joe offered to organize a gathering to get the ball rolling.
  — Dave Lieber, Dallas News, 11 June 2021
• What better way to get the ball rolling than spending a game putting as much on film as possible for an opponent to think about.
  — Tim Bielik, cleveland, 24 Sep. 2022
• Many migrants lose their cases for simply not showing up, but the seminars may at least get the ball rolling.
  — Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2023
• So a lot of times what ends up taking place is the families find their way by hook or crook to kind of third parties who sometimes get the ball rolling in through sort of back channels.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2022
• Small steps can get the ball rolling right now -- especially creatively.
  — Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com, 11 Feb. 2022
• In order to get the ball rolling, patent searches need to be carried out to ensure that your invention does not infringe on someone else’s patent.
  — Jon Stojan, Journal Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2023
• During tonight’s new episode, the remaining six castaways look to get the ball rolling at the reward challenge to win a relaxing evening at the sanctuary.
  — Josie Howell | [e-mail], al, 17 May 2023
• Elliot-Kugell says the book has been in its conceptual stages for more than a decade, but the pandemic forced her to finally write the proposal and get the ball rolling.
  — Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 14 Nov. 2023
• Buying your Valentine’s Day gifts on Amazon is a fast and convenient way to get the ball rolling on last-minute holiday shopping.
  — Samantha Lawyer, Woman's Day, 3 Jan. 2023
• In another version of a student loan scam, you might be asked to make a small upfront payment to get the ball rolling on student loan forgiveness.
  — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 10 Aug. 2023
• After meeting with the Databricks team a decade ago, Horowitz handed the startup $14 million for its Series A to get the ball rolling—a sizable check for a team of academics and programmers.
  — Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 2 Mar. 2023
• As early as this summer, the department will get the ball rolling on buying more busses, designing mobility hubs and make plans for tolling in the canyon.
  — Jacob Scholl, The Salt Lake Tribune, 12 July 2023
• Oceanside wants to get the ball rolling for new community gymnasiums to be built at John Landes and Joe Balderrama parks.
  — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Apr. 2023
• To get the ball rolling, New Delhi should appoint a special envoy to convene the various parties to the conflict and undertake efforts such as those outlined above.
  — Happymon Jacob, Foreign Affairs, 2 Aug. 2023
• Still, your enthusiasm is probably necessary to get the ball rolling!
  — Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 23 May 2024
• Although many knowledge workers are eager to get the ball rolling with AI, some employees are hesitant to use the technology.
  — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 10 May 2024
• Unfortunately, there is no common friend or neighbor who could run interference and get the ball rolling.
  — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2024
• The Earth may have just had the right balance between heat, water and formation history (like the lunar-forming collision) to start the ball rolling towards continents.
  — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 31 Jan. 2023
• For example, Mayadev said, if a group used the money to buy a mobile clinic that could travel into rural areas to provide pregnant women with health care, that could get the ball rolling on a project that faces a large amount of up-front cost.
  — Devi Shastri, Journal Sentinel, 12 May 2023
• In other states, such as Georgia, the group is seeking to build Democratic power in red legislatures to get the ball rolling for future majority control.
  — Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2024
• Knowing what to look out for as a parent can help get the ball rolling on the proper care and treatment for your child, heading off more serious problems down the road (which can include major scars, surgery, and sometimes depression and anxiety).
  — Ade Onibada, SELF, 12 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 4 Dec 2024