How to Use bounce off in a Sentence

bounce off

phrasal verb

• The ball bounced off Ibáñez's glove at the back of the warning track.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 21 June 2023
• The ball bounces off of Jose Canseco’s head for a home run.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2023
• The ball bounced off both of Frei’s legs and into the net.
  — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 9 June 2024
• The ball bounced off the front of the rim, then off the glass, and finally, in.
  — Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 1 Mar. 2024
• The covers had to be tight enough so a coin bounced off them.
  — Dana Hedgpeth, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Aug. 2023
• Her first shot was a 3-pointer that bounced off the rim.
  — CBS News, 3 Mar. 2024
• The drone miraculously hit the spare tire on the back of the car and bounced off.
  — Oleksandr Chubko Lynsey Addario, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2024
• The shot came close, bouncing off the backboard to the front of the rim before hitting the floor.
  — Lou Ponsi, Orange County Register, 8 Jan. 2025
• The first bounced off the keeper’s hands, and the second went off the far post after a strong run.
  — oregonlive, 1 July 2023
• Gunther was knocked off the apron, and Uso bounced off the ropes and flew over them to hit Gunther on the floor.
  — Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 11 Feb. 2025
• The ball went high and wide and bounced off the catcher’s extended glove.
  — Susan Miller Degnan, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2024
• The fever of the day is over and the sunlight is bouncing off the vast crested ocean in dancing sparkles.
  — Lydia Bell, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 May 2024
• In a tie game in the fourth quarter, Williams had a punt bounce off his knee — a muff rather than a fumble.
  — Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 23 Jan. 2024
• This allows the air from the fan to hit the surface, bounce off and mix with the rest of the air in the room to effectively cool the space.
  — Angela Rodriguez, Sacramento Bee, 10 July 2024
• His drum beats rattle and scatter and swell, the sound bouncing off of rock.
  — Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Sep. 2023
• Her right-footed kick saw the ball spin into the upper right of the goal, bounce off the top post and into the net.
  — NBC News, 25 July 2024
• Acosta took a shot at goal, but the ball bounced off the back of teammate Ryan Hollingshead and into the back of the net.
  — Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 3 Aug. 2023
• Most of the high points of the Nagy era came before Parkey’s fateful kick nailed the upright and then bounced off the crossbar.
  — Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 14 Oct. 2024
• Asprilla twisted his body and fired a shot at the far post, and Daniel just watched as the ball bounced off the frame of goal and out.
  — oregonlive, 17 June 2023
• Young hurled up an off-balance one-hander that bounced off the rim as the horn sounded.
  — arkansasonline.com, 10 Dec. 2023
• Both questions bounced off Voronkov like most of the opponents who try to check him.
  — Aaron Portzline, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025
• Schools of bar jack fish swam through, rays of sun bouncing off their silvery sides.
  — Evan Bush, NBC News, 19 Sep. 2024
• Inside the main reception, the sound of the water fountains from the indoor pool bounces off the walls.
  — Lucy Edwards, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Dec. 2024
• Before he was hustled inside, his chest bounced off the wall of the building.
  — Dan Mangan, CNBC, 10 Dec. 2024
• This time, the baseball bounced off the window without leaving a mark.
  — Zachary Folk, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
• The piece then bounced off the bridge and hit another vehicle on Cerezin's right.
  — David Chiu, Peoplemag, 5 Apr. 2024
• But Kraft bounced off right guard, got help from his offensive line, and plowed ahead for eight yards.
  — Rob Reischel, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
• The shot bounced off the top of the backboard and into the hands of Utah’s Branden Carlson, who gently dropped it through the basket at the buzzer.
  — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2024
• Minerd threw his at a window, hoping the glass would break, but the radio bounced off.
  — Mike Nolan, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2025
• His battle against Kovacevic didn’t end there as his pass to Nylander bounced off his stick first.
  — Omar White, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 13 Mar 2025