Sentence examples for propelling a ball from inspiring English sources

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

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 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.

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.

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.

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.