How to Use curveball in a Sentence

curveball

noun

• The batter struck out on a curveball.
• Rodgers finally got Lee on a curveball for the final out.
  — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Mar. 2022
• So, Smyly trashed the pitch and started throwing his curveball more.
  — Meghan Montemurro, chicagotribune.com, 31 Mar. 2022
• It’s been a peculiar month, Capricorn, and this week will throw more curveballs at you.
  — Kyle Thomas, Peoplemag, 18 Aug. 2024
• But as other funds work to invest in logistics, some find the industry has more curveballs than first meet the eye.
  — Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2024
• Smyly relied on a three-pitch mix — curveball, four-seam fastball and cutter — to keep the Pirates in check.
  — Meghan Montemurro, chicagotribune.com, 13 Apr. 2022
• With the bases loaded in the second inning, Mullins caught a hanging curveball and launched it over the right field fence for his first grand slam.
  — Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun, 13 Apr. 2022
• The hard throwing lefty spent the offseason tweaking his curveball and polishing his filthy slider.
  — Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press, 8 Apr. 2022
• That threat ended when backup catcher Curt Casali committed on his check swing on a Gallen curveball in the dirt.
  — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 4 Sep. 2024
• Both on the show and in his stand-up, Carmichael had cultivated a persona as a clever but mischievous thinker with curveball takes on hot-button issues — someone who didn’t have all the answers, but certainly a lot of them.
  — Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2022
• The one-two pitch on the way: curveball, tapped foul off to the left of the plate.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2023
• The first curveball of the sequence was well outside to run the count full.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Nov. 2022
• More of those curveballs Neville talked about loom on the horizon.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Dec. 2023
• Urquidy’s first pitch to Trout that day at Minute Maid Park was a curveball.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2022
• Reyes turned on a 1-and-1 curveball, sending it over the wall in left field.
  — Tim Withers, Hartford Courant, 3 July 2022
• With two on and one out, Mantiply tried to go down and away with a 1-2 curveball.
  — Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 25 June 2022
• Jefferies tried a curveball and a 96 mph sinker that missed.
  — Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Apr. 2022
• In the first inning, Stephenson hit a first pitch curveball to drive in a run.
  — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 11 May 2022
• And his curveball/changeup mix might be the best mix of secondary stuff in the system.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 14 Mar. 2023
• With his 98th pitch, a curveball in the dirt, Snell ended the sixth inning with his 10th strikeout of the game.
  — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2024
• Watching Tebow try to hit Triple A curveballs was more fun than this.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Aug. 2023
• In the 10th, Ketel Marte struck out looking on a curveball that appeared to miss the bottom of the zone.
  — Theo MacKie, The Arizona Republic, 16 May 2023
• Good thing Davis knows how to handle a curveball or two.
  — Sandra Gonzalez, CNN, 24 June 2022
• Kershaw used a 73-mph curveball and an 88-mph slider to get the final two outs of the frame.
  — Janis Carr, Orange County Register, 25 July 2024
• Hill is a 6-foot-4 left hander with a fastball in the low 90s, a curveball, a slider and a change up.
  — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 May 2024
• The right-hander is known for his deadly curveball, which has a spin rate of 3,000-plus rpm.
  — John Leuzzi, Journal Sentinel, 11 July 2023
• That’s a bit of a wrinkle in the progress of this case that was unusual and a little bit of a curveball.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Oct. 2022
• With the bases loaded and Nick Castellanos at the plate, Drew Smith (two saves) jammed him with an 0-2 curveball.
  — Abbey Mastrocco, Hartford Courant, 9 June 2024
• Rosario drilled a Framber Valdez curveball over the wall in left center for a 1-0 Guardians lead.
  — Joe Noga, cleveland, 5 Aug. 2022
• Fate didn’t throw a curveball at Justin Hillman when he was born.
  — Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 20 Oct 2024