Sentence examples for propelled a ball from inspiring English sources

Never in her 21 years had Tucholsky propelled a ball over a fence, so she did not have her home run trot in order, gazing in awe, missing first base.

England chose to play an extra batsman so that Morgan was left with only five bowlers plus the possibility of Root, who had not propelled a ball throughout the one-day series.

It may be inferred that it developed from a variety of games in which propelling a ball was a main feature.

The first firearms appeared about 1325; they used a closed tube and black powder (now referred to as gunpowder) to propel a ball, somewhat erratically, over varying distances.

A batter using a compressed bat, it was said at the time, could propel a ball farther than he can with an ordinary bat.

The pinball player inserts a coin, which unlocks a spring plunger with which the player may propel a ball up an alley on the side of the glass-topped, inclined playing area.

Football, any of a number of related games, all of which are characterized by two persons or teams attempting to kick, carry, throw, or otherwise propel a ball toward an opponent's goal.

While many educated themselves on the supplement androstenedione, which is said to act as a steroid, the pious defenders of the game went to work on Wilstein, ridiculing his reporting, dismissing the contention that a bulked-up body could have anything to do with propelling a ball more than 400 feet.

The Golf Ball Launcher can be configured to propel a ball "upwards of 300 yards and as little as just a few feet".

BC2: Players with cerebral palsy who are able to use their hands to consistently propel a ball into play and have greater functional ability than a BC1 athlete.

BC1: Players with cerebral palsy who are able to use their hands or feet to consistently propel a ball into play.