fly ball

noun

Examples of fly ball in a Sentence

He hit a long fly ball to left field.
Recent Examples on the Web Ryleigh Johnson then hit the fly ball that drove in the second run. Paul Boyd, arkansasonline.com, 26 Apr. 2024 Adell punched a fly ball into right field, making a routine out but driving in a run. Jeff Fletcher, Orange County Register, 25 Apr. 2024 Conforto charged the sinking fly ball and corralled it with a diving catch, losing his cap in the process. Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2024 Three times, Shohei Ohtani stepped to the plate with runners in scoring position, and three times the slugger swung at the first pitch, producing a 108-mph groundout to second base in the second, a routine grounder to second in the fourth and a fly ball to center field in the seventh. Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2024 Denver’s Henry Group Real Estate is marketing the properties, which span from LoHi to the Denver Tech Center, and include a handful of buildings a fly ball away from Coors Field. Thomas Gounley, The Denver Post, 16 Apr. 2024 During the game at Fenway Park in Boston on Monday, April 15, outfielder O'Neill, 28, and third baseman Devers, 27, both went for a seventh-inning fly ball in left field when the back of Dever's head smacked into O’Neill’s forehead. Charlotte Phillipp, Peoplemag, 15 Apr. 2024 Dodgers left-hander Ryan Yarbrough threw a scoreless top of the 10th, and the Dodgers threatened in the bottom of the 10th when Freeman, the automatic runner, tagged up and took third on Will Smith’s inning-opening fly ball to deep center. Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2024 Nations then hit a fly ball to left field that the Fayetteville outfielder couldn't corral to score the go-ahead run. Paul Boyd, arkansasonline.com, 12 Apr. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1865, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of fly ball was in 1865

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“Fly ball.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fly%20ball. Accessed 2 May. 2024.

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