Sentence examples for tendency to hit from inspiring English sources

His performance behind the plate was adequate; he had the challenging task of catching starter Freddy Garcia, whose split-finger fastball has a tendency to hit the dirt.

The problem is that none of the options are good enough for an increasingly alert populace that, as Beijing has learned, has a tendency to hit the streets when it is unhappy.

Last week I played at Pine Orchard Yacht and Country Club, in Branford, Conn., with Philip Johnson, a longtime club member with an eight handicap and a tendency to hit the ball in tediously straight lines.

In theory that might allow him to join in attacks by breaking strongly from midfield, in practice it encourages his tendency to hit 50-yard quarter-back passes with a limited success rate.

The UCL team also found that mutations caused by APOBEC have a strong tendency to hit genes such as PIK3CA that help to regulate the growth and division of the cell, and whose mutation is associated with the development of cancer.

On Thursday, the offering was "Igui," involving an unctuous fortuneteller (Nomura Mansai) and the magical high jinks of Igui, a little boy (Mr. Nomura's son, Nomura Yuki) whose excitable benefactor (Ishida Yukio) has a tendency to hit him on the head.

The actor's natural tendency is to hit for the fences and crank up the volume, often magnificently (Dog Day Afternoon), occasionally not (The Scent of a Woman).

"Muster has a tendency to try to hit the ball too hard," he said.

You have a tendency to try to hit perfect shots, feeling you have to be perfect.

Match of the Day presenter Lineker added: "With Crouch there is a tendency to want to hit long balls, which doesn't really work at that level.

Hit you or threatened to hit you?