Sentence examples for dead the ball from inspiring English sources

Bats were dead, the ball was hitting the middle sweetly.

From the ensuing dead ball, the ball drops in the penalty area for Jonathan Walters, who is standing with his back to call.

Two plays later, Folk's try was blocked, but officials whistled the play dead as the ball was snapped because the Dolphins had called timeout.

And if that means playing dead when the ball is snapped, so be it.

The 1907, 1908 and 1909 seasons — three of the four worst for scoring — put the dead ball in the dead-ball era.

I hit it dead flush and the ball came down right at the flag.

The roars egged on Materazzi to thrash the dead ball, but the Milan centre-half cunningly chipped it, only for Baggio to head disappointingly wide.

That suited the team boasting the dead ball prowess of Graham Zusi and the throws of Matt Besler.

Franck Ribery hits the dead ball (thankfully the tapped free-kick seems to have gone out of fashion in this tournament) but it flies over the bar.

Our national pastime has survived the Black Sox scandal, the designated hitter, pull over uniforms, free agency, night games, multiple players' strikes, the dead ball era, the live ball era, and of course steroids.

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