How to Use lob in a Sentence

lob

1 of 2 noun

• Safe to say that the art of the lob is a long-diminished part of the Celtics’ game.
  — Mark Murphy, courant.com, 27 Jan. 2022
• But even in those flicks of the wrist and short lobs, Downs saw something.
  — Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 5 May 2023
• Brown made both free throws, and then Tatum threw a lob to Robert Williams for a dunk.
  — Scott Cacciola, New York Times, 14 May 2023
• There were turnaround jumpers, a dunk off a lob and a layup off a jump stop.
  — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2023
• The Collins lob started a 12-2 run that gave Kentucky control of the game.
  — Jon Hale, The Courier-Journal, 27 Nov. 2021
• Great lob threat, rim protector and can stretch the floor.
  — Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 23 June 2023
• Caruso threw a lob inbounds pass to Patrick Williams, who was fouled on the play.
  — The Arizona Republic, 23 Jan. 2024
• On the play he was injured, Davis went up to catch a lob from Malik Monk.
  — Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2022
• The backboard lob from Cameron Valentine last year in the playoffs for sure.
  — Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 12 Feb. 2024
• The former seemed to rise up for a floater, but instead pushed a lob to the center, who threw it down.
  — Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune, 12 Feb. 2022
• His touch pass for a lob dunk by Miles Heide was arguably the top highlight of the night.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Oct. 2023
• Bronny James slams home a huge lob, smacks the backboard with his left hand, and gets called for a tech.
  — Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2023
• Kennedy had to tell his other players not to hunt the lob and force bad passes.
  — Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 3 Feb. 2024
• The Hoosiers executed a back-door lob to Jackson-Davis out of the break with 3:40 to play.
  — Tony Garcia, Detroit Free Press, 12 Feb. 2023
• And a flying one-handed dunk on the break on a lob from Miles Byrd, his roommate.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 2024
• The lob was styled in a centre parting with face-framing waves.
  — Sarah Midkiff, refinery29.com, 24 Nov. 2020
• Trayce Jackson-Davis found a fair few points in backside rim runs and lob plays.
  — Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 16 Jan. 2024
• As the trip begins, Amy and Danny lob transient thoughts back and forth.
  — Erin Qualey, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2023
• Two plays earlier, DeRozan had flipped up a lob for LaVine to finish at the rim.
  — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2023
• Griner collected a lob pass in the low post, and took advantage of an open pathway to the rim for the dunk.
  — Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 10 July 2023
• Add them to any lob or bob to achieve the sort of effortless style that would make Brigitte Bardot proud.
  — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 10 Oct. 2023
• Texas guard Sir’Jabari Rice saw an opening and sped down court before launching a high lob to the right of the basket.
  — Chuck Carlton, Dallas News, 11 Mar. 2023
• The actress's new lob looked smooth and glossy along with her signature side part.
  — Julia Meehan, Peoplemag, 19 July 2023
• The mother of four also showed off an icy platinum lob.
  — Ana Escalante, Glamour, 21 June 2022
• Long enough to put in a ponytail, short enough to style easily, the lob can't be denied.
  — Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 26 Jan. 2024
• Then, down a break point in the third set at 3–3, Rybakina scrambled and skied a lob.
  — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 28 Jan. 2023
• He’s added a midrange jump shot and new post moves to his effortless catching lobs for dunks.
  — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2023
• One came on a no-look lob from just past half-court to connect with Finney-Smith on an alley-oop dunk.
  — Dallas News, 8 Feb. 2022
• Take the weight off your lob—and gain instant volume—by adding an angle toward the front.
  — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 10 Oct. 2023
• The connection came after Fox tried throwing a lob to Mitchell in the first half that proved unsuccessful.
  — Chris Biderman, Sacramento Bee, 8 Apr. 2024

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lob

2 of 2 verb

• She lobbed a throw to the pitcher.
• The soldier lobbed a grenade into the bunker.
• He lobbed the ball over his opponent's head.
• In the 77th minute, Ertz lobbed a nifty ball that Smith chased down on the right wing.
  — Sean Gregory, Time, 22 July 2023
• And lobbed a pass over a 6-foot-9 defender to Jaedon LeDee, who was fouled.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Mar. 2024
• Marcus Smart dribbled the ball slowly up the floor and lobbed it to Tatum with less than eight seconds left.
  — Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 8 May 2023
• Sessoms tried to lob the ball into the lane to Harrar, who had rolled to the basket after setting the screen.
  — Jeff Potrykus, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 Mar. 2021
• House Democrats will now vote to lob a clean debt ceiling increase over to the Senate on Wednesday.
  — Phil Mattingly, CNN, 29 Sep. 2021
• In the past, settlers had swarmed his home, lobbed stones at his windows and tried to break in, Dumaidi said.
  — Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN, 15 June 2023
• Lee agrees with some of the criticisms lobbed by both sides in the aftermath of the offensive.
  — Keith Gessen, The New Yorker, 15 Feb. 2024
• Flying high and fast, a Sukhoi fighter-bomber can lob two or more KABs at targets 25 miles away.
  — David Axe, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2024
• He’s used to fielding the very questions Elena lobs his way, some more tone-deaf than others.
  — Manuel Betancourt, Variety, 29 Apr. 2024
• For a year or two now, the MMA stars have been at each other, lobbing claims of ducking one another.
  — Brian Martin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Oct. 2023
• The first score came after a free kick, with Karla Nieto lobbing a ball forward for Ovalle.
  — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2024
• Now off the show, McCain went on to lob some criticism at The View as a whole over her experience.
  — Justin Curto, Vulture, 19 Oct. 2021
• The fighters here have been hanging on for weeks, lobbing 122mm shells at the Russians straining to encircle the city.
  — Steve Hendrix and Serhii Korolchuk, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Feb. 2023
• An hour into the assault, a group of about 30 people hid in the bomb shelter, with the militants firing weapons and lobbing grenades through the door.
  — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2023
• As Margot took off for third base, Alex Verdugo casually retrieved the ball and lobbed it to Valdez.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 4 June 2023
• With time running down in the third, Carr found Butler near the rim and lobbed an alley-oop pass which Butler threw down at the buzzer to tie the game at 42 and get the Branson crowd going.
  — Nathan Canilao, The Mercury News, 22 Feb. 2024
• Left-winger José María lobs a ball over to Messi who sits it on his left foot and finally has space and rifles a low drive into the corner.
  — John Hopewell, Variety, 16 Jan. 2024
• And make no mistake, just casting a bait into the waves and the keeping it in place is more challenging than lobbing out a worm for catfish on the lake.
  — Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 26 Oct. 2023
• For the final play, the Aggies tried to lob it to Bean in hopes of something, anything positive happening.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 2 Dec. 2021
• And the team's deeply quirky manager, Misty (Samantha Hanratty), gets a prank call from girls who lob acid insults.
  — Sara Stewart, CNN, 8 Jan. 2022
• SpaceX plans to lob its Starship into orbit for the first time from its South Texas launch facility.
  — Brandon Lingle, San Antonio Express-News, 22 June 2021
• Wollman lobs the ball, Calabrese swings hard, and a two-hopper skips toward the shortstop, Gordon Norton.
  — Men's Health, 28 Mar. 2023
• Here is IndyStar’s analysis of claims Spartz and Goodrich have lobbed at each other in the primary race.
  — Brittany Carloni, The Indianapolis Star, 26 Apr. 2024
• From 30 feet away, a man behind a pitcher’s screen began to lob him underhand tosses.
  — Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Mar. 2022
• Funny as the poop emoji may seem when lobbed at reporters, the target is ultimately the public.
  — David Meyer, Fortune, 20 Mar. 2023
• On the possession after his soaring chase-down block, James notched his first assist, lobbing the ball to Vince Iwuchukwu for a two-handed dunk.
  — Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2023
• Brady breathed some life into the contest at 4-4, luring Osaka in with a drop-shot, then scrambling forward to retrieve and lob her for break point.
  — NBC News, 20 Feb. 2021

Last Updated: 9 Jun 2024