How to Use drop shot in a Sentence

drop shot

noun

• In the third set, Alcaraz again used the forehand drop shot to hold for a 3-2 lead.
  — Adam Zagoria, Forbes, 7 May 2022
• Schwartzman went to net 71 times; Thiem 53, often to track down a deft drop shot.
  — Christopher Clarey, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2020
• Williams broke for a 4-2 lead in the second when Goerges tried a rare drop shot that caught the top of the net tape and fell on her side.
  — Howard Fendrich, Fox News, 13 July 2018
• Then Tsitsipas hit a drop shot that landed just a few feet from the net.
  — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 13 June 2021
• Mertens, though, fought back to deuce and held serve following a gutsy drop shot and an ace.
  — USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2018
• The set — the first one Brooksby lost in five matches — concluded with a drop shot into the net.
  — Howard Fendrich, baltimoresun.com, 8 Aug. 2021
• That fed into a tiebreaker, which Alcaraz evened at 4-4 with a wicked drop shot.
  — Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2022
• Nadal's drop shot caught Kyrgios by surprise and the Australian let loose with an F-bomb during the point.
  — Beth Harris, ajc, 18 Mar. 2022
• And her confidence to reach any drop shot rivals Rafael Nadal’s.
  — Matt Fuchs, Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2019
• Medvedev held a set point at 6-5 in the tiebreaker and faltered again, even though Thiem felt something in his right heel while chasing a drop shot.
  — Howard Fendrich, orlandosentinel.com, 12 Sep. 2020
• The top lures have been tube jigs, drop shot rigs tipped with soft plastics or nightcrawlers, golden shiners, leeches and crayfish.
  — D'arcy Egan, cleveland.com, 16 Aug. 2019
• Pegula tried a drop shot, and Swiatek ran to it, reaching out to flip the ball over the net at an impossible angle.
  — Howard Fendrich, BostonGlobe.com, 1 June 2022
• If Ruud dried a drop shot, odds are a relentless Nadal would bull-charge towards the net to smack it past his opponent.
  — Sean Gregory, Time, 5 June 2022
• The scented Berkley Trout Worms could do well on these drop shot rigs especially with Wacky rigging.
  — Bill May, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 20 Mar. 2021
• Tube jigs, drop shot rigs, jigging spoons and diving plugs are popular.
  — cleveland, 3 Sep. 2020
• Fish are starting to move deeper during the day and can be caught on a Ned Rig or Shaky Head, but the best bite has been on a drop shot rig 20-30 feet deep on main lake gravel points.
  — Tyler Mahoney special To The Star, kansascity, 6 June 2018
• Nadal hit the ball at his feet, but Thiem managed a half-volley that turned into an irretrievable drop shot.
  — New York Times, 11 May 2018
• Many of the best points came in the tiebreaker, including a 23-shot rally that Nadal finished off with a forehand half-volley drop shot to set up his first set point.
  — Mattias Karen, chicagotribune.com, 13 July 2018
• In the second game of the decisive fifth set against Zverev, Djokovic ended a long baseline rally with a drop shot and a forehand pass after Zverev was forced to come in.
  — Adam Zagoria, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2021
• Williams took the next point with a swinging forehand volley winner on the 16th stroke, then one after that when Strycova's mediocre drop shot landed in the net.
  — Howard Fendrich, sun-sentinel.com, 11 July 2019
• Williams took the next point with a swinging forehand volley winner on the 16th stroke, then one after that when Strycova’s mediocre drop shot landed in the net.
  — Howard Fendrich, BostonGlobe.com, 11 July 2019
• On the first, Wawrinka struck a fine drop shot from the service line with Federer in a troublesome position.
  — Ravi Ubha, CNN, 4 June 2019
• Djokovic seized the third set tiebreak after Nadal hit a backhand drop shot and Djokovic raced forward to push the ball into Nadal’s forehand corner where the Spaniard hit a high return wide.
  — Adam Zagoria, Forbes, 11 June 2021
• Expert angler Billy Zeller, takes big, cruising carp in Loch Raven fishing flies on drop shot rigs.
  — Bill May, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 20 Mar. 2021
• Serving for the match, Dimitrov faced a break point before advancing on his first match point, clinching it with a winner off a Rublev drop shot.
  — USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2018
• Wellington Reservoir has been giving up nice largemouth bass on drop shot rigs lately.
  — D'arcy Eagan, cleveland.com, 13 Sep. 2019
• Lee6 had to take a drop shot when her second shot on the first extra playoff hole flew into a pond, while Lee’s superb second attempt landed near the flag.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 26 July 2021
• Jabeur, who uses as many spins and slices and variety as anyone in the game, parlayed a drop shot and a lob into love-40 on Rybakina’s serve.
  — Howard Fendrich, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2022
• Later, a too-soft drop shot found the white tape and bounced back on his own side, finally ceding a game in a dominant debut performance at the 2020 French Open.
  — Howard Fendrich and Jerome Pugmire, SFChronicle.com, 29 Sep. 2020
• Anglers are having some success using a drop shot rig or Texas or Carolina rigs.
  — Star Tribune, 13 Aug. 2020

Last Updated: 17 Jul 2024