How to Use ball game in a Sentence

ball game

noun
  • Dad took us to a ball game.
  • He was popular because he was good at ball games.
  • The trips to the park, the walks with the dogs, the wiffle-ball games in the street.
    Scott Craven, USA TODAY, 13 June 2018
  • That’s all part of it, the ebb and flow of a ball game.
    Edward Lee, baltimoresun.com, 29 Dec. 2021
  • This will be a new ball game in terms of the level and breadth of the threat.
    Forbes, 21 Dec. 2021
  • But the worst coach of all is a bad coach who can win ball games.
    Kyle Whitmire | Kwhitmire@al.com, al, 29 Aug. 2023
  • Take me out to the ball game and buy me a Dairy Queen Blizzard.
    Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 27 Mar. 2018
  • This is supposed to be a ball game and not just a talk show.
    Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2024
  • After the first two touchdowns, our kids fought back the rest of the ball game.
    Katherine Griffith, Dallas News, 14 Nov. 2020
  • Here’s your ball game folks as Flutie takes the snap . . .
    C. Isaiah Smalls Ii, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
  • The 3-year-old was a lover of baseball and had a T-ball game scheduled the next day.
    Elizabeth Zavala, San Antonio Express-News, 22 June 2022
  • Head out to a ball game that’s over the line: hitting the ball over the line and provocative team names.
    Lisa Deaderick, sandiegouniontribune.com, 12 July 2018
  • Salmen got back in the ball game in the 5th starting with a single by Joey Smith.
    Travis Connelley, NOLA.com, 12 Apr. 2018
  • Four hours in the car with your besties is one thing, 14 is a whole other ball game.
    The Editors, Seventeen, 19 Apr. 2018
  • The ball game with the Portland Sea Dogs is set for 7 p.m. and the concert is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.
    Jesse Leavenworth, Hartford Courant, 9 May 2022
  • The Delta variant is, in some respects, a whole new ball game.
    Amanda Mull, The Atlantic, 18 Aug. 2021
  • But Clase got Brett Wisely to ground out, ending the ball game and the series.
    Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 7 July 2024
  • Our pitchers have been keeping us in a lot of ball games.
    Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 4 May 2024
  • Heck of a ball game, very good offensive game for fans to watch.
    USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2018
  • The Mustangs tallied four runs in the sixth to end the ball game one inning early.
    Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Apr. 2024
  • What can be bigger than throwing the first pitch at a New York City ball game?
    Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 3 July 2024
  • The National League is tougher to manage through a ball game.
    Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Feb. 2020
  • Our expert was down on the high price tag but saving $170 means its a whole new ball game.
    Shubham Yewale, PCMAG, 4 June 2024
  • We get caught up so much with winning and losing ball games.
    David Scott, charlotteobserver, 10 Jan. 2018
  • The race is a whole different ball game, but having that speed is nice.
    Edgar Thompson, OrlandoSentinel.com, 7 July 2018
  • Her cup-and-ball game involves a cherry and a strainer.
    Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, 31 Oct. 2019
  • At the end of a unit on balls, the school’s preschoolers design ball games to play with classmates in a nearby park.
    Conor Williams, The Atlantic, 26 Apr. 2018
  • And in Wisconsin, Georgia, and a few other close states, that could be the ball game.
    Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 17 July 2023
  • Over the past two years, the world of college athletics has turned into a whole new ball game.
    Ariana Freeman, CBS News, 26 Aug. 2022
  • And though he’s had quite a bit of practice not fumbling footballs, this was an entirely different ball game.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 3 July 2024

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