How to Use ball boy in a Sentence

ball boy

noun

• The game was briefly stopped for a ball boy to rid the field of flying garbage.
  — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2021
• In fourth grade, Goyeneche was the St. Bonaventure ball boy.
  — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2023
• Ryan was a ball boy for the Cavaliers on some of those teams in the 1980s.
  — Blair Kerkhoff, kansascity, 16 Mar. 2018
• On the other hand, the ball boys and girls are a little younger than at the U.S. Open.
  — CBS News, 25 Aug. 2019
• The view and also the ball boys would throw us balls and the players would come up and chat.
  — Scott King, BostonGlobe.com, 22 July 2019
• The ball boys had the toughest job in the stadium tonight.
  — Daniel Boyette, al, 25 Oct. 2019
• The ball boy down the first base line picked up Ruiz’s double, but two runs scores.
  — Jon Meoli, baltimoresun.com, 5 Sep. 2020
• There were other reasons to be on the ball boy's good side.
  — Katherine Fitzgerald, The Arizona Republic, 18 July 2021
• The youngest, Brian, a sixth grader, is the team ball boy, just as Daniel and Kevin were years ago.
  — Mick McCabe, Detroit Free Press, 8 Feb. 2018
• After that first season, most of the boys retired from the ball boy world.
  — Katherine Fitzgerald, The Arizona Republic, 18 July 2021
• Fans booed — and got louder when a ball boy retrieved the ball and ran back into the dugout with it.
  — Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Feb. 2021
• On the court were not only more players from Asia, but ball boys and girls from there, as well.
  — Jacqueline Williams, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2018
• The job of a ball boy or girl at a Major League Baseball game is to field balls hit down the left- or right-field line.
  — Pete Grathoff, kansascity, 14 May 2018
• Klay Thompson gave a champagne shower to the ball boys.
  — Lee Jenkins, SI.com, 12 June 2018
• The ball boy left his post and ran to catch the fly ball, but didn’t notice that Dzumhur was also tracking it.
  — Nick Schwartz, For The Win, 1 June 2018
• Replays showed the ball shot between the legs of a stool used by a ball boy and caromed into left field.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 17 Oct. 2021
• Having fun with the ball boys in between launching threes.
  — Duane Rankin, azcentral, 15 Feb. 2020
• Bill worked as a ball boy for the team and as a teenager celebrated when the club won the NFL title in 1947.
  — Kent Somers, azcentral, 2 Oct. 2019
• The rapper grew up in Missouri City and even was a Rockets ball boy as a teenager.
  — Matt Young, Houston Chronicle, 18 Apr. 2018
• Scott grew up as a Houston sports fan in Missouri City and was even a Rockets ball boy as a kid.
  — Matt Young, Chron, 16 June 2021
• Freddy Galvis doubled down the right field line in the second inning, and a ball boy fell over while moving out of the way of the ball.
  — Sarah Trotto, The Seattle Times, 18 May 2019
• The pair spent the day meeting ball boys and girls, lunching at the club, and of course, watching some thrilling tennis matches.
  — Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country, 4 July 2019
• This adorable pouch can serve as a constant reminder of your favorite ball boy.
  — Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, 24 Nov. 2022
• Little Pete was a ball boy and water boy at his dad’s games.
  — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 26 June 2022
• In August 2021, Brady revealed that his son signed on as a ball boy for the Buccaneers.
  — Emy Lacroix, Peoplemag, 1 Feb. 2023
• The shoes were gifted by Jordan to the team’s ball boy, who had found the Bulls’ lost jacket earlier that day.
  — Chris Morris, Fortune, 12 Apr. 2023
• His father, Charles Bidwill, bought the team in 1932 when it was based in Chicago, and Bidwill served as a ball boy for the club as a child.
  — Jason Duaine Hahn, PEOPLE.com, 3 Oct. 2019
• Stewart had been a ball boy for the Indiana Pacers for two years.
  — Kyle Neddenriep, Indianapolis Star, 8 Apr. 2020
• Beyond them, high wooden fences concealed the shanties—settlements—in which the ball boys and stable hands lived.
  — Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2024
• Vinícius apparently also got into a spat with one of the ball boys at the Metropolitano.
  — Tales Azzoni, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 4 Oct 2024