sling stresses either the use of whirling momentum in throwing or directness of aim.
slung the bag over his shoulder
Examples of pitch in a Sentence
Verb (2)
needed help pitching a tent
when a wave hit the float, I lost my balance and pitched into the lake
the ship pitched in the choppy sea pitched the baseball almost 50 feet
we decided to pitch that whole system and start over again
the cutting-edge ad agency was hired to pitch our products to a younger generation of consumers
the roof should be pitched steeply enough to prevent an excessive accumulation of snow Noun (2)
the daring pitch of the escaped prisoner into the swirling ocean waters at the base of the cliff
the steep pitch of the roof makes it too dangerous to walk on
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Noun
If that pitch had been called a strike, Yamamoto would have achieved the rare feat of an immaculate inning.—Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 20 June 2025 Those records had been held by Hannah Meeks, who was the player of the year in 2021 and 2022 and pitches at Illinois State.—Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2025
Verb
The performance capped off a dominant tournament run in which Rothenberger pitched all 21 innings across three games, giving up just two runs total and leading the Rebels to three-straight wins.—Amber Harding Outkick, FOXNews.com, 6 June 2025 Lambert, who last week pitched the Warriors to the regional title, didn’t pitch that game in 2024 but still remembered.—Rick Armstrong, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for pitch
Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
Middle English pich, from Old English pic, from Latin pic-, pix; akin to Greek pissa pitch, Old Church Slavic pĭcĭlŭ
Verb (2)
Middle English pichen to thrust, drive, fix firmly, probably from Old English *piccan, from Vulgar Latin *piccare — more at pike
First Known Use
Noun (1)
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Verb (1)
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
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