How to Use mitt in a Sentence

mitt

noun
  • He can hold anything in those big mitts of his.
  • Even in the event of a grill flare-up, these mitts will not catch fire or melt.
    Moriah Mason, Southern Living, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Vázquez then tapped Mancini on the chest with his mitt.
    BostonGlobe.com, 8 Apr. 2021
  • Henry turned off that new gospel to leave purely the sound of the mitts.
    Tyler R. Tynes, Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2023
  • Dig out your dusty mitt, bring on the ghost runners and play ball.
    Laura Johnston, cleveland, 29 Apr. 2020
  • The man, equipped with a mitt on his left hand, leaned back in his seat and reached to haul in the baseball.
    Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 22 Oct. 2020
  • His hand looks like a baseball mitt that was used to catch a grenade.
    Chris Korman, For The Win, 4 July 2018
  • Wearing an oven mitt, Eliza removed the treats from the oven.
    Vincent T. Davis, San Antonio Express-News, 1 Nov. 2021
  • These mitts are easy to use and clean and cover most of my forearms.
    Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2023
  • Complete the leather-on-leather look with a fetching oven mitt.
    Mackenzie Chung Fegan, Bon Appétit, 14 June 2021
  • Austin hit a bounder which filtered through Gandil’s mitt in the eighth.
    Kori Rumore, chicagotribune.com, 26 Aug. 2020
  • But his throw home sailed high and off the mitt of catcher James McCann.
    Rob Maaddi, Star Tribune, 5 Apr. 2021
  • But the final crack-me-up moment is Hilton puts on oven mitts to put a cold pan in the oven.
    Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 22 Jan. 2020
  • First, the mitt on his head … then, a fake-out underhand throw.
    Diane J. Cho, Peoplemag, 12 Aug. 2022
  • Then get a good grip on both the pan and the plate using mitts or towels and flip the whole set-up away from you.
    Sarah Jampel, Bon Appétit, 23 Sep. 2019
  • During warmups, a ball glanced off his first baseman’s mitt and struck him over the heart.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2023
  • Each of our 10 picks is like a mini spa day in a bottle for your mitts.
    L.a. Hubilla, Peoplemag, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Jeff Bridges First, the mitt on his head … then, a fake-out underhand throw.
    Diane J. Cho, Peoplemag, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Freeman charged in and slid on both knees in his catch attempt, but the ball popped out of his mitt.
    Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2023
  • But the throw trickled off the catcher’s mitt and rolled to the backstop, scoring a pair and tying the game 2-2.
    Matt Doherty, BostonGlobe.com, 10 June 2023
  • The aerosol foam is best applied with a mitt and has a pleasing coconut scent.
    Celia Shatzman, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Mar. 2022
  • The offer does not include the tanning mitts or bronzed sets.
    Lauren Swanson, Allure, 28 Aug. 2018
  • There should be a term for someone like me who still pulls on a baseball mitt.
    Sue Wunder, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Sep. 2020
  • The ball has a greater chance of hitting and sticking to the center of the mitt when the thrower gets closer to the catcher.
    Madeline Farber, Fox News, 12 Sep. 2018
  • To swing and miss was traumatic, but even worse was to watch that third strike hit the catcher's mitt.
    Philip Martin, Arkansas Online, 23 May 2021
  • Greinke, a five-time Gold Glove winner, got his mitt up in time to make the grab and keep the no-hitter intact.
    Tim Booth, orlandosentinel.com, 26 Sep. 2019
  • Rocha was attentive to form while Buchanan caught each throw in a mitt with the ease and rhythm of a pizza dough twirler.
    Sophia Kercher, latimes.com, 6 July 2018
  • The pitch glanced off freshman catcher Ryan Brinegar’s mitt and to the backstop.
    Randy McRoberts, baltimoresun.com, 16 Apr. 2021
  • The center fielder timed his jump perfectly, but the ball glanced off his mitt and dropped over the wall.
    David Ginsburg, Star Tribune, 31 July 2020
  • Frazier, 33, is a baseball lifer, but do not ask him how to break in a mitt.
    Kevin Armstrong, New York Times, 27 Sep. 2019

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