How to Use bouncer in a Sentence

bouncer

noun
  • The batter hit a bouncer to the shortstop.
  • Stronger than the bouncer who threw you out of the club that one time.
    Michael Harriot, The Root, 6 Sep. 2017
  • The pierced and tattooed bouncer who opens it gives me a once-over.
    Marjorie Kehe, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Oct. 2017
  • Clint Dempsey hit the right post with a long-range bouncer in the second half down in Trinidad.
    Brian Straus, SI.com, 11 Oct. 2017
  • This has included creeping people out at the gym, sitting at strangers' tables for dinner and acting as rude bouncers at a night club.
    Anne Nickoloff, cleveland.com, 23 Oct. 2017
  • When Panama tried to retrieve the money from the bartender, a female bouncer picked up Panama and tried to restrain her.
    The Washington Post, AL.com, 3 Nov. 2017
  • Davis did retire six straight after Carpenter’s homer, but Stephen Piscotty led off the third with a bouncer down the third-base line for a double.
    C. Trent Rosecrans, Cincinnati.com, 20 Sep. 2017
  • The professionals select their specialty, from mixologist to server, bouncer to host, cook to dishwasher.
    Amy Bartner, Indianapolis Star, 18 Sep. 2017
  • According to the complaint, bouncers kicked Estrada and Sanchez out of the club after an argument between two groups of men over something that happened on the dance floor.
    Ashley Luthern, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 25 Oct. 2017
  • And then the Mets outfielder Mookie Wilson nudged a bouncer toward Buckner, whose glove closed too soon, as the ball—and the game—skidded just past it.
    Nicholas Dawidoff, The New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2024
  • Most of the time, the bouncers kick them out with a sneeze.
    Gwen Rockwood The Rockwood Files, arkansasonline.com, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Nir was carried to the beach and the bouncer climbed on top of her.
    Jason Sheeler, PEOPLE.com, 31 July 2020
  • All that's missing is the hair pulling and the 300-lb bouncer.
    Fox News, 28 Mar. 2018
  • Even some hard-core rock bouncers have made the switch to IFS.
    Mike Sutton, Car and Driver, 17 Apr. 2020
  • Cruz was working as a bouncer for the bar at the time of the shooting.
    Adam Ferrise, cleveland, 22 Mar. 2021
  • Tracy King, a bouncer at the club, was among the 100 people killed in the fire.
    CBS News, 22 Oct. 2021
  • Allen followed with his bouncer up the middle, and Yurt made the play of the game.
    Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 28 May 2022
  • Nolan Jones opened the inning with a bouncer to Cordero at first.
    Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 27 July 2022
  • The club’s staff fought back when the youths tried to throw glass bottles at the bouncer and force their way in.
    Peter Aitken, Fox News, 29 July 2023
  • Think of whitelisting like a bouncer in the VIP line at the party.
    Pamela K. Browne, Fox News, 20 Apr. 2018
  • The driver shouldn’t have to bear the burden of being the bouncer.
    Karina Elwood, orlandosentinel.com, 26 June 2019
  • There was now a bouncer at the door, checking IDs and a small crowd of people around the bar.
    Briana Rice, Cincinnati.com, 6 Feb. 2020
  • The bouncers locked the doors and rolled down a garage door-style window opening.
    The Enquirer, 17 Mar. 2024
  • In the fifth, Trent Grisham’s bouncer to first base glanced off the glove of Hoskins for a two-base error.
    Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Oct. 2022
  • In the video, Kermit stands on the bouncer, hovering over the toy's seat.
    Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 7 Oct. 2021
  • Thomspon, whose swing-and-miss rates were a concern in the spring, hit a hard bouncer to third.
    Evan Grant, Dallas News, 9 Apr. 2023
  • Police said Chase punched a bouncer in the face, starting a fight.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 5 Apr. 2024
  • What did bikini-woman even say to the bouncer to get through?
    Shannon Barbour, Cosmopolitan, 12 Mar. 2018
  • The gun then went off when an unarmed bouncer tried to break up the fight and take Horton's gun.
    Cincinnati.com, 6 Jan. 2018
  • Sometimes the lines grow so long outside a shop in Brooklyn, New York, the owners have to call in a bouncer.
    Natalie Bennett, NBC News, 31 Oct. 2024

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