How to Use tapper in a Sentence

tapper

noun

• Betts a tapper the other way, and Seager a swinging bunt up the third base line.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2021
• Mike McCarthy challenged the ruling that the toe-tapper was out of bounds.
  — Schuyler Dixon, ajc, 25 Nov. 2022
• Morel advanced to third on Contreras’ single and scored on Ian Happ’s tapper to the right of the mound.
  — Jay Cohen, Hartford Courant, 17 July 2022
• The 37-year-old Morton, meanwhile, allowed just one ball to be put in play — a tapper back to the mound by García.
  — Todd Rosiak, USA TODAY, 9 Oct. 2021
• Morel advanced to third on Willson Contreras’ single and scored on Ian Happ’s tapper to the right of the mound.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 17 July 2022
• Jiménez hit a tapper in front of the plate and was thrown out by catcher Carson Kelly in the second, his only at-bat.
  — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2023
• After Betts walked to open the fourth and took third on Seager’s single to center, Max Muncy hit a check-swing tapper down the third-base line.
  — Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2021
• Pittsburgh loaded the bases in the seventh, but Davies fielded Frazier's tapper and got a forceout at the plate.
  — Matt Carlson, Star Tribune, 7 May 2021
• Pittsburgh loaded the bases in the seventh, but Davies fielded Frazier's tapper with his bare hand and got a forceout at the plate.
  — Matt Carlson, ajc, 7 May 2021
• One of his catches was an impressive 21-yard toe-tapper along the left sideline.
  — Omar Kelly, sun-sentinel.com, 14 Oct. 2021
• Silva was born in the Amazon and worked as a rubber tapper as an adolescent.
  — Arkansas Online, 30 Dec. 2022
• That prompted Kapler to pinch hit for Belt with Villar, whose tapper to second ended the inning.
  — Susan Slusser, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 July 2022
• Gavin Lux then continued his torrid production with a two-run triple down the right field line and scored on Austin Barnes’ soft tapper to Gray.
  — Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2021
• Leury García followed with yet another infield tapper to the left side that Burnes fielded and tried to flip home for an out.
  — Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 24 July 2021
• Zimkita’s father is a palm wine tapper, who earns about $60 in a good month; Her mother stays at home to look after their six children.
  — Mukelwa Hlatshwayo, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 July 2022
• When the teenagers are accidentally given a keg of beer, Leia goes into a liquor store to collect a tapper.
  — Chris Foran, Journal Sentinel, 13 Jan. 2023
• After Gilberto Celestino hit a tapper that Zavala fielded and tagged him for the final out, the benches briefly cleared.
  — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 14 July 2022
• As if to prove the point of postseason baseball, Stanton’s tapper produced two unearned runs, the only time New York scored in Game 2.
  — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 22 Oct. 2022
• But nobody was happy after the fact; a fifth-inning tapper by Andy LaRoche had been ruled a hit, even though Sabathia picked up the ball and subsequently dropped it.
  — Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2022
• But the owner, a rubber tapper, was not there, and Rondon refused to allow his famished men to help themselves to the provisions.
  — Larry Rohter, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Apr. 2023
• The swinging toe-tapper is one of two songs featuring the always-welcome warm vocals of Sam Moore, who blends in quietly.
  — Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2022
• In came Williams, who stranded the go-ahead run at second himself by striking out Donovan and inducing a weak tapper to the mound from pinch hitter Alec Burleson.
  — Journal Sentinel, 16 May 2023
• Rubber tappers sliced a groove into the bark, allowing the milky fluid to spiral down the tree into a container.
  — Michael Grabell, ProPublica, 3 May 2023
• In Friday night’s situation, with two on and two outs in a 1-1 game, rookie David Villar hit for Belt and hit a check-swing tapper toward second to end the inning.
  — Susan Slusser, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 July 2022
• The Reds got a pair of singles before Clase (2-1) fielded an infield tapper and threw wide of second base, allowing Nick Senzel to score from second.
  — Tom Withers, chicagotribune.com, 8 May 2021
• On Monday, Chase caught two touchdown passes, including a toe-tapper in the back corner after breaking away from Waynes.
  — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 19 Aug. 2021
• Jud Fabian, making his Aberdeen debut, struck out, but Frederick Bencosme followed with a tapper up the first base line.
  — Randy McRoberts, Baltimore Sun, 1 Sep. 2022
• Marlene Friedman then hit a soft tapper near the mound which Trlicek hesitated to field, allowing Hoffman to score on an infield single.
  — Frankie Frisco, Arkansas Online, 14 May 2022
• Exposed to air, the latex coagulated into a lump before being collected by tappers and sent to a processing plant.
  — Michael Grabell, ProPublica, 3 May 2023
• Silva, a rubber tapper’s daughter of Black Brazilian descent, is an evangelical Christian, a soft-spoken, long-haired woman in her sixties.
  — Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2023

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024