Sentence examples for ball driven from inspiring English sources

So when a proficient amateur player is asked to volley or head a ball driven toward him — with the light switched off at the instant the player providing the cross strikes the ball — he misses it by a good yard.

Visions of the ball driven by Maynard over my head and then bouncing back towards me after making contact with the distant tarpaulin sightscreen at Weston Super Mare still linger.

With first base occupied and the ball driven along the ground to the pitcher or an infielder, the ball often can be thrown first to second base for a force out of the man from first base, then relayed to the first baseman to retire the batter two outs on one play, a double play.

A 6 mm steel ball driven by solid explosive was used as a projectile to simulate hypervelocity impact of debris or flying stones.

ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO--Single protons usually don't pack much punch, but the universe endows a precious few of them with the impact of a golf ball driven by Tiger Woods--and then some.

For more than a decade she had played with a chip on her shoulder the size of a soccer ball, driven more by a desire to prove others wrong rather than to prove herself right.

He called for the ball, drove inside, drew several defenders and passed the ball to wide-open shooters.

Jones caught the ball, drove hard to the basket and laid the ball gently against the glass.

Bairstow got a fuller ball, drove hard at it, and hit it straight to that man.

He pulled down the ball, drove the baseline and put up a floating jump shot filled with regret.

The ball drove into Martin's throat like a punch from an angry welterweight, and it momentarily staggered him.