How to Use golf ball in a Sentence

golf ball

noun
  • 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
  • The storm could come with golf ball-sized hail and wind gusts of up to 60 mph.
    Diana Samuels, NOLA.com, 18 May 2018
  • 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
  • The weight should feel closer to a golf ball than a ping pong ball.
    Arricca Elin Sansone, House Beautiful, 28 June 2019
  • 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
  • Hail the size of golf balls fell across parts of southeast New York state.
    Kristine Phillips, Washington Post, 16 May 2018
  • 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
  • Then, Dustin Johnson reached his drive and could see the entire golf ball in the grass.
    Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 6 Sep. 2020
  • Among the items being thrown on the field were a bottle of mustard and a golf ball.
    Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 18 July 2022
  • Using a two-ounce scoop, form meatballs about the size of a golf ball.
    Claire Perez, Sun-Sentinel.com, 9 July 2018
  • Other videos showed D’Amico hitting golf balls off the lawn around the home.
    Fox News, 6 Sep. 2018
  • The lump, which was a little smaller than a golf ball, seemed strange to Fox.
    ​jessica Migala, SELF, 18 Oct. 2021
  • Skip squishy bulbs, and choose ones that feel weighty like a golf ball, not light like a Ping-Pong ball.
    Arricca Elin Sansone, House Beautiful, 25 Apr. 2023
  • That will probably still call for a few golf balls fished out of the woods.
    Matt Cohen | McOhen@al.com, al, 4 Aug. 2023
  • The lymph nodes, normally about as big around as a pinky tip, could swell to the size of a golf ball.
    Eric Boodman, STAT, 17 Nov. 2022
  • The tumor was bigger than a golf ball and located at the back of her brain.
    Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 29 Oct. 2024
  • A week later, the 20-year-old was left blinded in one eye after being struck in the face by a golf ball.
    Ben Church, CNN, 31 Oct. 2024

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