Sentence examples for described a ball from inspiring English sources
One day, in class, she described a ball game that had been popular throughout ancient Mesoamerica.
64 mins: "I once described a ball as 'spiralling' in a minute-by-minute," says my colleague Gregg Roughly.
A United States representative from a border state, arguing that Republicans favored total race equality, described "a ball held at Five Points in the city of New York, where white women and negroes mingled 'in sweet confusion in the mazy dance.'" (His opponent, Francis W. Kellogg, Republican of Michigan, pointed out that Five Points was within the strongest Democratic ward in the city).
Near the beginning of Pride and Prejudice, for example, Jane Austen describes a ball.
The newspaper El Mundo reported that the plane had broken in two after coming off the runway, with witnesses describing "a ball of flame".
Instead of just describing a ball being passed, they will tell the listener whether it was chipped or slid or rolled or hoofed.
In the film, Hartford Dark Blues catcher Tommy Barlow was quoted in a letter from 1877, describing a ball thrown by a "lightning pitcher" that struck him "like an express train" when he tried to catch it.
On this foundation a bowler may elaborate with variations finger spin (in which the ball rotates on its axis as it moves towards the batsman), swerve (which describes a ball that curves towards or away from the batsman once it has bounced on the pitch), alteration of pace (the speed of the ball)—that lend deceptiveness and uncertainty as to exactly where and how it will pitch.
Lindsey, as narrator, describes a matzo ball that is flung across a room: "If you don't know what a matzo ball is, I'll tell you," she narrates.
They heard fire alarms, and looked out the window to see what Ms. Tibus described as a "ball of fire" headed straight for their house.
These include the level of foreign ownership and requirements for repairs and maintenance to be undertaken in Australia, which prime minister Tony Abbott has described as a "ball and chain" on the airline's operations.
