How to Use slider in a Sentence
slider
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Move the slider back to the right to the same date last year.
— Brandon Miller, CNN, 31 Aug. 2022 -
The problem: The Red Sox didn’t offer at the slider in the eighth.
— Evan Grant, Dallas News, 19 Sep. 2023 -
Ramírez struck out on the pitch in the fourth but spoiled Sears’ full-count slider in the fifth.
— Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Apr. 2023 -
And against lefties, Watkins has thrown the slider just 5.1% of the time.
— Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun, 4 Sep. 2022 -
Drag the slider to the right and give your iPad around 30 seconds to shut down.
— Dua Rashid / Gizmodo, Quartz, 29 Mar. 2024 -
Place a lettuce leaf on the bottom half of the slider rolls.
— cleveland, 18 Jan. 2023 -
Betts struck out on a slider that was below and wide of the strike zone.
— Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2023 -
Pulling a stubborn bag shut puts a lot of force on the slider and teeth.
— Joe Jackson, Outside Online, 17 Oct. 2024 -
Smith then took a sinker and a slider that were both well below the zone for a walk.
— Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2024 -
Thompson has a fastball in the mid 80s with a mid to high 70s slider.
— Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Feb. 2024 -
There, tap Text Size and adjust the slider to make the text larger.
— Popular Science, 9 Nov. 2023 -
His wild pitch, on a slider that backed up away from Wong, scored Mullins.
— Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Sep. 2022 -
Not gold leaf, not dry ice, not 50 shades of slider buns, not 50 Cent.
— Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 25 Aug. 2022 -
Solano pulled a hanging slider over the wall in left with two outs in the second to give the Padres a 1-0 lead.
— Miami Herald, 28 May 2024 -
Your guests will come for the sliders, stay for the pickled peppers.
— Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 8 Jan. 2024 -
Martinez has a fastball that sits in the upper-90s as well as a slider and a split-change.
— Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 9 Nov. 2022 -
The fastball and the splitter and the slider, that's really great to look down there and see.
— The Arizona Republic, 14 Mar. 2023 -
Once again, Báez struck out swinging on an 88.5 mph slider in the dirt.
— Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 8 June 2022 -
Other than that, the slider/cutter and the fastball both have the same tunneling and looks the same most of the time to the plate.
— Journal Sentinel, 10 May 2023 -
From chilis to sliders to stews, slow cookers can do it all.
— Phoebe Evans, Southern Living, 4 Aug. 2024 -
Southpaw has been up to 101 w/firm swing-and-miss slider.
— Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 14 July 2022 -
His fastball has been timed at 94 mph and his slider has been called the state’s best by scouts.
— Patrick Z. McGavin, chicagotribune.com, 31 Mar. 2022 -
The slider to some righties was just off [the plate] for either chase or called third strikes.
— Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2024 -
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 -
The sleek aluminum case has a loop for attaching it to a keyring and a slider to push out the USB-A plug.
— Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 11 Oct. 2023 -
Steer fouled off five pitches to stay alive and then watched a slider dip outside of the strike zone to draw the walk.
— Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 3 Sep. 2022 -
Kershaw used a 73-mph curveball and an 88-mph slider to get the final two outs of the frame.
— Janis Carr, Orange County Register, 25 July 2024 -
The slurve is well known, though, as a combination of a slider and a curve.
— Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2023 -
The slider version of this is available as an appetizer.
— Alex Golden, Axios, 4 Nov. 2024 -
There are also sliders for Anger and Surprise, which were surprisingly effective.
— PCMAG, 12 Nov. 2024
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