Sentence examples for ball from inspiring English sources

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ball

noun

A solid or hollow sphere, or part thereof.

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Within five minutes Laszlo Kiss was allowed to trap a ball from a corner and turn eight yards from the Salvadoran goal before firing past Mora to make it 6-1.

Fellaini trotted on after 76 minutes and it soon became apparent he might need selective hearing – but then Blackett sent a long ball into the penalty area.

Not every player can go out like Muttiah Muralitharan, taking his 800th wicket with his final ball in Test cricket, or Nasser Hussain, hitting the winning runs to go to a final century at Lord's.

Fink said Miliband had been caught playing the man and not the ball.

"The manager told us just to keep the ball down and play, then we would be fine," said Nathan Redmond, who was instrumental in ensuring Norwich eventually prevailed.

Feyenoord's joy was short-lived as Roma netted the winning goal only three minutes later when Gervinho slotted the ball past Kenneth Vermeer.

Bat is now dominating where ball once did, and Sussex have whittled 120 off their 330-run requirement following a wicketless afternoon.

But in his second over Mills claimed the prize scalp of the Derbyshire captain Wayne Madsen, banging the ball in and striking him on the glove.

The ball ricocheted away and left him a simple putt for a bogey.

Myler landed another penalty but Saracens are adept at winning games even when they do not have much of the ball and Hodgson, who is the Premiership's highest points scorer, at least reminded Lancaster that he should be still in his thoughts when he picks his team for Paris.

And here's the perverse bit: to be successful, most of the time you won't want to hit the ball at all.

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