How to Use bounce into in a Sentence
bounce into
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But Modesto found a way to crash the boards, and after being knocked around in the fray, the ball bounced into Gavin Sykes’ hands.
—Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 29 Feb. 2024
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The football fluttered out of Lawrence’s hand and the ball bounced into the hands of Jaguars’ running back Tank Bigsby.
—oregonlive, 10 Sep. 2023
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But Randal Diaz bounced into a double play to blunt the threat.
—Randy Jennings, The Indianapolis Star, 10 June 2023
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Dez Bryant made a diving catch along the sideline, matched up with cornerback Sam Shields, and bounced into the end zone.
—Journal Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2024
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Knoll bounced into the room wearing a blue button-down with a pattern as busy as a Magic Eye poster.
—Casey Parks, Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2024
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The fumble bounced into the end zone and Kansas City recovered for a touchback.
—Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2024
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The Ganassi car then bumped Rahal, who bounced into his teammate.
—Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 10 Sep. 2023
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Davis wasn’t adjusting the way Lewis wanted, so Lewis walked over, ran down the long jump runway, and did the jump himself as sand bounced into his pant leg.
—Kris Rhim, New York Times, 7 June 2023
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The storm cloud holds millions of tiny water droplets and ice crystals that bounce into each other by the turbulent winds inside the cloud.
—USA TODAY, 9 June 2023
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The turbulent winds inside a cloud cause the droplets and crystals to bounce into each other and create a positive charge.
—USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2024
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The ball deflected off the first-base bag – MLB implemented slightly bigger bases this year – and took a high bounce into right field for a go-ahead two-run double.
—Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 29 Apr. 2023
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There was another cringe-worthy moment in the eighth inning when left fielder Greg Allen lost a fly ball in the sun that bounced into the stands for a ground-rule double by Reyes and drove in another run.
—Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Aug. 2023
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Lorenzen once again escaped as Canha bounced into his second straight 6-4-3 double play.
—Field Level Media, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Apr. 2024
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Giolito escaped the jam, getting Freddy Fermin to bounce into a fielder’s choice.
—Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 10 May 2023
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Instead, he was bounced into an emergency meeting of his cabinet and an address, in Downing Street, on Wednesday afternoon.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2023
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Gauff scrambled to get Sabalenka’s strokes back, including somehow deflecting a booming overhead, before a second, unreachable overhead bounced into the seats.
—Howard Fendrich, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Sep. 2023
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