How to Use sinker in a Sentence

sinker

noun

• Aaron came back with a 95.1-mph sinker that was up in the zone.
  — Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 20 Oct. 2022
• His first came on a sinker with a 2-0 count in the third inning.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 18 Sep. 2022
• The next pitch was a sinker that stayed up and Chapman hit it hard.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Sep. 2023
• Winn went back to the sinker, and Elias Díaz drove a double at 106.5 mph off the bat.
  — Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 9 May 2024
• The spin rate on his sinker, which ranked in the top 1% of all pitchers, was down 217 rpm.
  — Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 22 June 2021
• Jorge Polanco jumped on the first pitch of his at-bat, a sinker, for a three-run homer.
  — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2022
• Don’t be afraid to use a sinker of up to 4 ounces on deep, fast-flowing rivers.
  — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 13 June 2024
• Dylan Moore turned on a full-count sinker in the fourth for a 414-foot, two-run homer.
  — Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 June 2022
• Bellinger drove a sinker to left-center for a home run in the fourth inning.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 14 July 2023
• With two outs in the sixth, Rogers grabbed ahold of Arrieta's sinker in a 3-2 count.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 15 May 2021
• Lopez only threw his sinker 22.5% of the time, with plenty of room for growth.
  — Tony Blengino, Forbes, 5 May 2021
• Pick up a few jigs, 1⁄16- to ¼-ounce, a few sliding-sinker rigs, and a bag of minnows.
  — Star Tribune, 13 May 2021
• Ward homered for the Angels, his 13th, in the first inning, on a 3-1 sinker.
  — Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 24 June 2024
• Doyle connected on a 92.4 mph sinker that was left over the plate.
  — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 6 July 2024
• Jefferies tried a curveball and a 96 mph sinker that missed.
  — Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Apr. 2022
• Barnes swung at the first-pitch, a down-and-away sinker, and grounded weakly to third to end the inning.
  — Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2023
• Gregory, just 15 at the time, was struck by an idea to lighten the sinker.
  — Fox News, 3 June 2022
• Smith took an 89-mph sinker from Danny Coulombe to the right side of his face in the bottom of the third inning.
  — Shawn McFarland, Dallas News, 4 Apr. 2023
• The sinker completed a three-pitch strikeout — his ninth punch-out of the day.
  — Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2021
• Wade lined a knee-high sinker just high enough but plenty hard — 107.7 mph off the bat — to clear the wall in right field.
  — Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 4 Aug. 2024
• His elite sinker has arm-side run, sits around 96 mph and reaches 99 mph.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 2 Nov. 2022
• Vladimir Guerrero looked at a cutter and sinker for strikes in the first inning.
  — Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Apr. 2022
• But the slider and a mid-90s sinker got away from Patiño, and three straight balls sent Short to first and Vierling home for a 2-0 lead.
  — Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 10 Sep. 2023
• Lynn’s sinker’s spin rate was notably high at 2258 rpm.
  — Tony Blengino, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
• On balance, the sinker is likely the least effective pitch in the game.
  — Tony Blengino, Forbes, 5 May 2021
• Muncy then took a 3-and-1 sinker down and in for ball four, forcing Heyward home with a run that gave the Dodgers a 2-1 lead.
  — Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2023
• Ramirez smacked his third-pitch sinker down the first-base line and into the right-field corner for a three-run triple.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 28 May 2022
• Danny Jansen, the ninth-place hitter in the Blue Jays lineup, drove a sinker 419 feet for a homer to left to open the third.
  — Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Sep. 2021
• Stuff was good — good cutter, good sinker, good curveball.
  — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 4 Aug. 2024
• The four-seamer is complemented by a cutter, a slider and a sinker.
  — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 3 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 27 Oct 2024