Sentence examples for batting it down from inspiring English sources

Clarkson said that he tried to redirect every puck shot his way, sometimes by lifting the blade angle to create the effect of a ramp, but usually by batting it down.

Linebacker Matt Wilhelm batted it down, and a new champion was crowned: Ohio State.

"I was looking up at the lights and I was trying to bat it down, keep it in front of me.

Feed the guy a line about the crowd being great – as tennis reporters do – and Murray might just bat it down.

Anticipate where a pass is going and catch it mid-air or bat it down.

Polano referred to a playoff goal against the Minnesota Wild on which Kariya waited for a puck to come down before batting it out of the air with a backhanded swing.

But when Mr. Peretz's line of thinking was repeated to Mr. Gore, he batted it right down.

To ensure no King could get the puck, Rangers center Stepan reached down and batted it out of harm's way.

Duminy advances to the final delivery of the session and bats it down the pitch, ending a quite dominant period of play for Australia.

Though each rumor and concern about the company was batted down as it arose, their overall volume was amplified by Fannie's and Freddie's enormous obligations.

He described kicking the door with his prosthetics, then getting a cricket bat and knocking it down, and then seeing her: "She wasn't breathing".