Sentence examples for a ball against from inspiring English sources

Afterward, Collins compared hitting Duda, who is one of the Mets' largest players, to throwing a ball against a wall.

Many will remember whiling away hours of their childhoods kicking or throwing a ball against a wall.

Farfan is involved almost immediately, rising high for a ball against Samuel Umtiti that results in Umtiti limping off.

He is still haunted by a childhood watching bad television or throwing a ball against a wall.

He would be out in the yard the whole time thrashing a ball against the wall of the drying house".

I could tell from the way people walked, from the way a classmate kept sullenly hoofing a ball against the side of the sixth-form block.

For the uninitiated, the game is played in a what is basically a large, open-air box, with two competitors hitting a ball against the front wall.

On inspection of the outdoor Astroturf training pitches, Sterling was found alone, kicking a ball against a fence and practising his control.

He started off with a game of indoor tennis but soon proved that hitting a ball against a wall is no substitute for a partner.

He kicked a ball against a fence next to the modest family home on the outskirts of Manchester so often that his neighbours complained to the council.

Every time he would have some free time, he would be bouncing [a ball] against something.