Sentence examples for the screwball from inspiring English sources

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the screwball

noun

A pitch thrown with added pressure by the index finger and a twisting wrist motion resulting in a motion to the right when thrown by a right-handed pitcher.

  • The screwball is not thrown much because it tends to damage pitcher's arms.

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They couldn't time the screwball.

"Well, we've landed on the screwball approach!

The screwball movies pleased people of all ages.

The biggest problem is the screwball side of the equation.

Elsewhere the screwball comedy tropes come thick and fast.

In the screwball comedies, the woman doesn't ask her man to "grow up".

The decade's most distinctive creation, however, may be the screwball comedy.

The screwball comedy was as funny as many better-known 1930s classics.

The screwball aging diva genre isn't the only formula guiding this stubbornly old-fashioned movie.

Martin died in 2000, but the screwball vitality of his cartoons will endure forever.

The screwball comedy of the 1930's has been lucky in its interpreters.

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