How to Use lefty in a Sentence

lefty

noun

• Our starting pitcher is a lefty.
• Judge is 2 for 4 with no homers against the crafty lefty.
  — Andrew Mahoney, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Sep. 2022
• The 6-foot-4 lefty is already throwing in the low-to-mid 90s.
  — Joseph Hoyt, Dallas News, 10 July 2022
• The lithe lefty is a stand-up guy, credit him for that.
  — Christopher L. Gasper, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Aug. 2022
• The sweet-swinging lefty is in line to be among the first picks in this year’s MLB draft.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 21 Apr. 2023
• There, the lefty is … well, very efficient around the rim.
  — Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 July 2022
• Good news for the Tigers: No team has hit worse against lefties than the Guardians.
  — Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 17 Aug. 2023
• The lefty didn’t touch his cutter over the course of 95 pitches.
  — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 10 July 2024
• Joey Votto, the one lefty in the lineup, struck out three times.
  — Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 12 Sep. 2021
• The lefty is back in the majors with his hometown M’s, with a shot at the playoffs.
  — Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 5 Sep. 2022
• The lefty walked one and struck out seven, including two in the first and the side in the seventh.
  — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2023
• The lefty was optioned to Triple-A Durham on August 30.
  — Tom Layberger, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2021
• The culprits, again, are the two big lefty bats in the lineup, Harper and Schwarber.
  — Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 5 June 2023
• Their height, along with the fact that Bourque is right-handed and Avery is a lefty.
  — Rick Armstrong, chicagotribune.com, 14 Sep. 2021
• The Sox sitting him sometimes when a lefty was on the mound didn’t help either.
  — Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Sep. 2022
• Watson, the other notable lefty in the field, did his best.
  — Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press, 3 July 2021
• Aaron Loup is the only other lefty in the Halos' bullpen.
  — Greg Beacham, Chron, 10 Apr. 2022
• Story swiped second on Rodriguez, a lefty who is quick to the plate.
  — Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Aug. 2023
• But other than a new face, there was no change from the lefty bias of the declining show’s MC.
  — Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner, 18 Sep. 2023
• The lefty from Chatham, Illinois, struck out a career-high 12 batters, but his team fell to the Rangers 5-2.
  — The Courier-Journal, 31 July 2022
• The lefty would pair well with another blue-chip guard Labaron Philon.
  — Nick Alvarez | [e-mail], al, 1 Feb. 2023
• That gives Olson the Oakland record for homers off a lefty in a season.
  — Steve Kroner, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Aug. 2021
• The 19-year-old, a natural lefty, has a reversible glove.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 23 Feb. 2023
• Michigan will counter with a lefty of its own, Connor O'Halloran.
  — Brooks Holton, The Courier-Journal, 6 June 2022
• Ferguson has been the Dodgers’ top lefty for most of this season.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2023
• Stewart hasn’t drawn a start against a lefty since July 4.
  — Nathan Ruiz, baltimoresun.com, 29 Aug. 2021
• The other lefty who was in the rotation briefly after that was TJ House.
  — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 23 July 2023
• That's when Hinch called on Soto, a hard-throwing lefty.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 23 June 2021
• Only one thing left for the rookie lefty to do after Webb tossed one shutout and Snell one-upped him with a no-hitter.
  — Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 3 Aug. 2024
• But the rookie popped out against lefty Andrew Nardi, who then struck out David Peralta.
  — Kevin Acee, Orlando Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 10 Nov 2024