Sentence examples for a smooth play from inspiring English sources

But facing Paulino, a 1-2 off-speed pitch and a smooth play by Castro spared Halladay another bad memory.

Putting up the queen in the diagramed position would not have helped the defense, but a smooth play of the four would have left South in a quandary: whether to call for the jack.

3.00am GMT Cardinals 1 - Red Sox 6, top of the 8th Matt Adams hits a ground ball that Pedroia makes a smooth play on, he makes these look easy.

Fernando Salas replaced him, and Johnny Giavotella turned a smooth play from second base to end the inning.

Hollywood didn't call a timeout after Elmoyan's second free throw, and didn't execute a smooth play, as its guards lost control of the ball.

Temperatures are warm and humidity rises, making it a challenge to maintain a smooth playing surface.

The breadth of the bridge, which was arched to give the bow separate access to each string, made forceful playing impossible, and the supine position of the bow hand, palm uppermost, encouraged a smooth playing style.

Above the game-operations infrastructure, crushed stone was placed to provide a smooth playing surface, then a shock pad or "e-layer". The latter is a blend of crumb rubber and pea gravel with a polyurethane binder mixed together with a heavy paste and then leveled over the entire field.

One of the most recent concepts is that rather than a smooth playing field, users should be able to further express themselves through a textured surface.

They did not take the lead until 15 minutes 35 seconds remained, when Derek Stepan scored a power-play goal at the end of a smooth passing play.

But Henry is a different kind of star, known for smooth play on the field, not glitz and glamour off it.