How to Use golf ball in a Sentence

golf ball

noun
  • The weight should feel closer to a golf ball than a ping pong ball.
    Arricca Elin Sansone, House Beautiful, 28 June 2019
  • The bride’s all-white bouquet looks like a giant golf ball.
    Madeleine Luckel, Vogue, 31 Dec. 2018
  • Johnson reached into his pocket and pulled out a pink golf ball.
    J.l. Kirven, Detroit Free Press, 27 June 2019
  • Or getting them to take a swing at an exploding golf ball, as the case may be.
    Julie Muncy, Ars Technica, 16 Nov. 2018
  • These soft-bodied, golf ball-size cephalopods don’t have much to protect them from predators like seals, eels and fish.
    Quanta Magazine, 19 Feb. 2019
  • Carnival, golf ball drop, live music, food and fireworks.
    Lisa Herendeen, The Mercury News, 20 June 2019
  • Divide the red-bean filling into two-ounce balls, around the size of a large golf ball, and the pastry into three-quarter-ounce balls.
    Michelle Tchea, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Sep. 2024
  • This controls the degree of flow separation, similar to the dimples on a golf ball.
    Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 12 Aug. 2024
  • The rules are close to golf’s, with adaptations to account for kicking instead of swinging and shorter holes since soccer balls don’t fly as far as golf balls.
    Giana Han, baltimoresun.com, 24 June 2019
  • The size of the sphere can also vary, with some accounts describing it as smaller than a golf ball, while others report it as being larger than a beach ball.
    Jake Parks, Discover Magazine, 19 Sep. 2024
  • Johnson was going through his practice routine on the par-5 13th on Friday when the tip of his driver hit the golf ball.
    Doug Ferguson, The Seattle Times, 12 Apr. 2019
  • The greatest threat for tornadoes and golf ball or larger hail will be between 5pm and 8 pm, especially north and northeast of DFW.
    Dallas News, 19 June 2019
  • Walking off the eighth green Sunday, a little girl handed Green a handwritten poem as a thank you for a golf ball Green had previously given the girl.
    Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 23 June 2019
  • The left side of his left hand had swollen to the size of a golf ball.
    Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 8 Nov. 2022
  • But the golf ball tickled the edge of the hole and toppled in.
    New York Times, 17 June 2021
  • The boys were 5 and 6 years old and used a 16-ounce steel bowl, about the size of a golf ball.
    BostonGlobe.com, 23 Sep. 2021
  • For many years, the Aussie was a great driver of the golf ball and shaky with the flat stick.
    Vsin Staff, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2021
  • On the young woman’s left hip was a patch of pink about the size of a golf ball.
    New York Times, 27 Apr. 2022
  • Roll each piece into a ball about the size of golf balls.
    Sally Pasley Vargas, BostonGlobe.com, 2 May 2023
  • Form the bison into 4 balls about the size of a golf ball.
    Tribune News Service, cleveland, 29 Aug. 2022
  • Fresh yuzu is about the size of a golf ball, with a bumpy green and yellow skin.
    Cynthia Sass, Mph, Health.com, 15 Dec. 2021
  • The crown is faceted for easy grip with golf gloves and calls to mind the dimples in a golf ball.
    Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 2 Aug. 2021
  • There’s at least one golf ball down there that needs to be hauled out.
    Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2022
  • Choose those that feel more like a golf ball, than a ping pong ball, in weight.
    Arricca Elin Sansone, House Beautiful, 25 July 2019
  • The one who hits the golf ball the farthest while staying in the fairway will win the three points.
    Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 1 Feb. 2023
  • These clumps may weigh as much as a few ounces, perhaps the weight of a golf ball.
    Dan Falk, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 May 2021
  • Look for that width, as well as glowing eyes that seem to be the size of golf balls.
    Will Brantley, Field & Stream, 1 June 2023
  • And not just the high school kid who carries your bag and cleans your golf ball.
    Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press, 20 June 2021
  • Pinch off golf ball-sized pieces from the mochi mass until the whole mound is used.
    Janelle Bitker, SFChronicle.com, 30 Dec. 2020
  • Now, the golf ball lives in a drawer, a token from a wild night.
    Blake Toppmeyer, USA TODAY, 30 June 2022

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