How to Use bounce in a Sentence

bounce

1 of 2 verb

• The children love to bounce on the bed.
• He bounced the baby on his knee.
• Her curls bounced as she jumped.
• The winner bounced up and down with delight.
• He was bouncing a tennis ball against the garage door.
• The store charges a $15 fee for a bounced check.
• She gave me a check for 20 dollars, but the check bounced, and I never got the money.
• He bounced a 100-dollar check at the grocery store.
• Column: Which way will the ball bounce down the stretch for the Cubs?
  — Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2023
• Of the top 25 teams in the state, 14 were bounced in the sectional round.
  — Akeem Glaspie, The Indianapolis Star, 31 May 2023
• In the 12th, Gabriel Moreno bounced the first pitch to third for an easy out.
  — Theo MacKie, The Arizona Republic, 16 May 2023
• The ball bounced out of his glove and into the stands for a two-run home run.
  — Victoria Hernandez, USA TODAY, 25 May 2023
• The ball caromed off the back of the iron, bounced, hit the side rim and dropped cleanly through the net.
  — Darren Sabedra, The Mercury News, 1 Mar. 2024
• The styles bounce between cabaret, choral pop, folk and jazz.
  — Monica Hooper, Arkansas Online, 25 May 2023
• To end most sets those days, the band would toss balloons out to bounce atop the crowd.
  — Travis M. Andrews, Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2024
• By 2019, the tiny boy with big brown eyes and bouncing curls was dead.
  — Mackenzie Mays, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2024
• Naylor did pinch hit in the eighth, bouncing out to first.
  — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 19 July 2023
• Around him, scores of students sing along and bounce to the music.
  — Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2023
• Meals were served and balls bounced on the basketball court.
  — Billy Witz, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024
• The throw whipped past the first baseman and bounced out of play, allowing a run to score.
  — Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 30 Apr. 2023
• The kick appeared to be headed into the end zone, but hit and bounced at the 1-yard line.
  — Preps, al, 15 Sep. 2023
• Beneath our wheels rocks shook and bounced the truck like a toy.
  — Elaine Sciolino, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Dec. 2023
• George must bounce between the shards of his fractured mind.
  — Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 6 May 2023
• The woman picked her up and started bouncing her around the room.
  — Leslie Jamison, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2024
• But White and her teammates were bounced from the playoffs by Mt. Carmel in the second round.
  — Steve Brand, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Jan. 2024
• His field-goal attempt from 53 yards hit the left upright and bounced away.
  — Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2023
• The soccer ball will light up when kicked or bounced, and the lights will turn off when unused.
  — Maya Polton, Parents, 21 Nov. 2023
• Reyes returned in 2021 with the Brewers and bounced between the majors and Triple A.
  — Greg McKenna, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Aug. 2023
• His body sometimes bounced, keeping time with the song’s groove.
  — Danielle Amir Jackson Malike Sidibe, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2023
• Robbie Grossman is kind of bounced between the top and the bottom at times.
  — Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 9 May 2023

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bounce

2 of 2 noun

• He caught the ball on the first bounce.
• The ball took a high bounce over the shortstop's head.
• The shampoo promises to give limp hair lots of bounce.
• After the debates, she enjoyed a big bounce in the election polls.
• The Spurs were in no mood to give the Knicks a bounce-back Thursday.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 29 Dec. 2022
• Pinnacle has been the best bounce-back team in the state.
  — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 22 Feb. 2023
• This loss wasn’t a matter of a few bad bounces, though.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2023
• McCaskill took the ball off a bounce, spun and booted it to the left corner of the goal.
  — Wire Reports, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2023
• His losses secured, Ballmer was ready to catch the bounce back.
  — Paul Kiel, ProPublica, 9 Feb. 2023
• Indeed, the faster the water was swirled, the lower a bottle's bounce.
  — Elise Cutts, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2023
• Can the Frogs’ run defense bounce back against Michigan?
  — Dallas News, 4 Dec. 2022
• Though Tyler Bass got a great bounce on his kick, the Bills weren’t able to recover as the ball went out of bounds.
  — Scott Thompson, Fox News, 8 Oct. 2023
• The bounce rate indicates if the visitor stayed to read the blog or bounced from your site.
  — Jen Iliff, Forbes, 3 May 2023
• Both shots took multiple bounces on the rim and the ball thought about going in before rolling off to the side.
  — James Weber, The Enquirer, 17 Mar. 2023
• But the ball took the perfect, gentle bounce toward the left side, where White was waiting.
  — Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 28 May 2023
• In both cases, the bounce from a big and unexpected win did not, in the end, change the outcome.
  — Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2024
• And that’s where this album is going to, a bigger bounce.
  — Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 23 June 2023
• Rays of light bounce off the fish, travel through the water and then into the air inside the scuba mask.
  — WIRED, 25 Nov. 2022
• Tokyo Texture Curl Cream to give curls some bounce after a fresh cut.
  — Akili King, Vogue, 28 Nov. 2023
• There will also be a bounce house for preschoolers, a craft station, and games.
  — Pioneer Press Staff, Chicago Tribune, 23 Dec. 2022
• Having that same bounce in his stride even after 40 minutes of work in the second of a back-to-back.
  — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 10 Feb. 2023
• Just make sure any hanging hair has a bit of bounce; limp flyaways will just look sad.
  — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 13 Sep. 2023
• Shiny black zip-up boots endowed his steps with a peppy bounce.
  — Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2023
• Soaking the area in front of the plate theoretically slows the pace of the ball on its first bounce.
  — David Waldstein, New York Times, 20 June 2023
• Houston point guard Jamal Shead then shot a three that took two soft bounces and rolled in, and UH led 39-36.
  — James Weber, The Enquirer, 17 Mar. 2023
• Gas prices at the pump, however, have not been buoyed by the futures market bounce.
  — Bob Henderson, WSJ, 28 Feb. 2023
• And for those who favor volume, Zendaya and Meghann Fahy had blowout bounce to spare.
  — Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 26 Feb. 2023
• The question is whether bank stocks can hold on to their gains or if Tuesday was just a sector-wide dead cat bounce.
  — Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 15 Mar. 2023
• To be fair, Shopify’s bounce comes after an outsized drop – even in the tech sector.
  — Geoffrey Morgan, Bloomberg.com, 14 Feb. 2023
• Hayes also had nine rebounds, three assists, a block and a steal in a bounce-back effort.
  — Keith Jenkins, The Enquirer, 11 Nov. 2022

Last Updated: 3 May 2024