strike zone

noun

: the area over home plate through which a pitched baseball must pass to be called a strike

Examples of strike zone in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In the bottom of the fifth, manager Brian Snitker was ejected for arguing balls and strikes with home-plate umpire Brian Walsh, whose strike zone was erratic all night. —David O'Brien, The Athletic, 7 Aug. 2024

Matt Gaetz was a wild pitch even with Donald Trump's strike zone. —NBC News, 24 Nov. 2024

But Sale, who wasn’t helped by Jorge Soler’s right-field defense nor the umpire’s strike zone, didn’t make it out of the fifth inning of an 8-5 loss that extended the Braves’ skid to four and left them two games behind NL wild-card leaders the Arizona Diamondbacks and San Diego Padres. —David O'Brien, The Athletic, 7 Aug. 2024

Musicals aren’t necessarily in Burton’s strike zone: There’s an urgency and naked earnestness to them, a plain eagerness to please, that doesn’t come naturally to Burton. —Will Leitch, Vulture, 9 Sep. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1911, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

strike zone

noun

: the area (as from the armpits to the tops of the knees of a batter) over home plate through which a baseball pitch must pass to be called a strike