How to Use kickball in a Sentence
kickball
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In fact, this might be the only dish that gets the kids to come back to the table from their game of kickball or tag.
—Andy Staples, SI.com, 30 June 2017
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It was launched in 2020 and offers kickball and a trivia league.
—Maya Lora, Baltimore Sun, 27 June 2023
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Maeve and Gideon were playing kickball by a small cove behind the house when the ball went into the water.
—NBC News, 4 Apr. 2020
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The thing with the world kickball tournament is the fans are more entertaining than the game.
—Steve Rosenbloom, chicagotribune.com, 15 June 2018
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The fans are so much more interesting than the kickball.
—Steve Rosenbloom, chicagotribune.com, 22 June 2018
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In another kickball game, the leg came off during a kick and went flying across the gym.
—Marc Lester, Alaska Dispatch News, 18 Oct. 2017
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Outside meant friends and kickball and walking along the railroad tracks.
—Teresa M. Pelham, courant.com, 23 June 2017
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Every day the bell for recess would ring, and my classmates would spill out of the classroom, eager to play kickball or with the chalk.
—Willa Bennett, Seventeen, 17 July 2017
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And archery, horseback riding and kickball are not on the agenda this weekend.
—Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2023
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So bring an appetite, bring the family and be ready to revive your kickball skills.
—Stephen Schroats, star-telegram, 20 July 2017
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Think back to P.E. class when teams were picking sides for kickball or whatever.
—David Whitley, OrlandoSentinel.com, 6 June 2017
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During a windy game of kickball in September, a wayward bounce and gust sent the ball toward a stormwater ditch.
—Various Staff Writers, Special Correspondents, and Special Contributors, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Dec. 2023
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Suns up one with 3:47 left: Crowder forced Murray into a kickball turnover.
—Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 6 Dec. 2021
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The kickball leagues are open to all skill levels and are meant to build friendships outside of the traditional spouse clubs and social events.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 June 2021
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This summer, Stay Strong held its first in-person event, a kickball tournament named Kicks for Kids which raised about $5,000.
—Richard Webner, San Antonio Express-News, 21 Oct. 2022
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Being eliminated in the group round cannot diminish the joy that the smiters brought to the world kickball tournament.
—Steve Rosenbloom, chicagotribune.com, 29 June 2018
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My husband tore up both of his knees in late May playing kickball at the company picnic and had to have double knee surgery.
—Elissa Garay, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Oct. 2019
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After being impressed by his kickball skills, a couple of suits pull him off the schoolyard and recruit him.
—Peter Opaskar, Ars Technica, 10 Apr. 2022
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The usual intense preseason practices were replaced with kickball and dodge-ball games and a group beach trip.
—Vincent Nguyenstaff Writer, La Cañada Valley Sun, 27 Aug. 2019
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One may love kickball, while another just wants to draw salamanders or play the kazoo.
—Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2019
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Lakefront volleyball and kickball leagues could start in late July at Voinovich Park.
—Laura Johnston, cleveland, 29 May 2020
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The company kickball team plays at the beach every week, and a handful of staff frequently run Tough Mudders.
—Nick Davidson, Outside Online, 1 Oct. 2014
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The amenities include a clubhouse, pool, tennis court and whiffle ball/kickball field.
—Kathy Jumper, AL.com, 2 July 2017
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On a makeshift kickball field on the National Mall, Jacquelyn Keenan cheered as one of her teammates kicked a rubber ball into the air and sprinted for first base.
—Jim Rendon, New York Times, 14 July 2017
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Durny was setting up for a kickball tournament at the football stadium and picked up a few pieces of litter.
—cleveland, 4 Nov. 2021
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Then Trevor started inviting Matt to go with him to sporting events, and now Matt has invited Trevor to join his weekly kickball game.
—Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 21 July 2023
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Jay Winter, a Hollywood rider with the Der Krieger motorcycle club, brought a kickball, trucks and dolls to donate to the toy pile.
—Susannah Bryan, sun-sentinel.com, 5 Dec. 2021
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Some of the games Mauser utilizes are Frisbee games, kickball, Wiffle ball, basketball, field sports and capture-the-flag.
—Linda Gandee/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 8 May 2017
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The visual was a more advanced version of kickball seen on local schoolyards during recess.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2024
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Of course, if anyone wants to have a pickup game, whether basketball, ping-pong, billiards, dodgeball, kickball or handball, Salazar will be the first to volunteer.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2023
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