Sentence examples for time ball from inspiring English sources
noun
A large wooden or metal ball that drops at a predetermined time to enable sailors to check their marine chronometers from their boats offshore.
The Times Square Ball is a time ball located in New York City's Times Square.
Why isn't the Times Square ball a "true time ball," according to the article?
The New York Times explains how the Times Square ball isn't a true time ball, because it signals time by stopping, not the initial movement.
New York Times publisher Adolph Ochs first used a lighted time ball to mark the new year in Times Square in 1907.
Sadly, its time ball no longer drops at noon each day.
In his spare time, Ball was a 7-foot high jumper.
The engineering parameters of CLSM, such as slump flow, setting time, ball-drop value, compressive strength, pulse velocity, and modulus of reaction subgrade were determined in according with ASTM procedures.
The first-time ball was made to measure for Walcott, whose downwards header beat Federici.
The ball breaks for Lia who plays a first-time ball wide to Roy Krishna.
James Milner's first-time ball from the left put Roberto Firmino clean through on goal.
Jesse Lingard found Mata, whose first-time ball along the six-yard line was neatly tucked away by Lukaku.
