How to Use sinker in a Sentence

sinker

noun

• Aaron came back with a 95.1-mph sinker that was up in the zone.
  — Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 20 Oct. 2022
• His first came on a sinker with a 2-0 count in the third inning.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 18 Sep. 2022
• The next pitch was a sinker that stayed up and Chapman hit it hard.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Sep. 2023
• Jorge Polanco jumped on the first pitch of his at-bat, a sinker, for a three-run homer.
  — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2022
• Dylan Moore turned on a full-count sinker in the fourth for a 414-foot, two-run homer.
  — Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 June 2022
• Bellinger drove a sinker to left-center for a home run in the fourth inning.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 14 July 2023
• Jefferies tried a curveball and a 96 mph sinker that missed.
  — Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Apr. 2022
• Barnes swung at the first-pitch, a down-and-away sinker, and grounded weakly to third to end the inning.
  — Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2023
• Gregory, just 15 at the time, was struck by an idea to lighten the sinker.
  — Fox News, 3 June 2022
• Smith took an 89-mph sinker from Danny Coulombe to the right side of his face in the bottom of the third inning.
  — Shawn McFarland, Dallas News, 4 Apr. 2023
• His elite sinker has arm-side run, sits around 96 mph and reaches 99 mph.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 2 Nov. 2022
• Vladimir Guerrero looked at a cutter and sinker for strikes in the first inning.
  — Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Apr. 2022
• But the slider and a mid-90s sinker got away from Patiño, and three straight balls sent Short to first and Vierling home for a 2-0 lead.
  — Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 10 Sep. 2023
• Muncy then took a 3-and-1 sinker down and in for ball four, forcing Heyward home with a run that gave the Dodgers a 2-1 lead.
  — Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2023
• Ramirez smacked his third-pitch sinker down the first-base line and into the right-field corner for a three-run triple.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 28 May 2022
• Sweeney and Neely have peddled this new coach-as-panacea plan to the Jacobs, who’ve bought it hook, line, and sinker.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 12 July 2022
• His first came on a sinker from Jason Alexander with a 2-0 count in the third inning.
  — Rich Rovito, ajc, 18 Sep. 2022
• His first came on a sinker from Jason Alexander with a 2-and-0 count in the third inning.
  — Rich Rovito, Hartford Courant, 18 Sep. 2022
• Davies stayed stubborn with his sinker, throwing it six times once the count was full.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2022
• In the fifth, Manoah plunked major league home run leader Aaron Judge in the left elbow with a sinker.
  — Larry Fleisher, Hartford Courant, 21 Aug. 2022
• Torkelson tied the game, 1-1, by putting a first-pitch sinker into center to drive in Ibáñez.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 8 July 2023
• Segura didn’t wait long to tie the score, lining a first-pitch sinker to left to make it 2-2.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2022
• Alec Burleson drove him in with a single, putting the Cardinals ahead, 1-0, on a first-pitch sinker.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 18 Mar. 2023
• The sinker also can move with a little two-seam action as well.
  — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 17 Feb. 2024
• Eight of his first 11 pitches were sinkers, while the other three were changeups.
  — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 16 June 2023
• With a runner on first and nobody out, the Reds’ Brandon Drury swung at a 2-2 sinker and broke his bat.
  — The Arizona Republic, 9 June 2022
• While Holmes can touch triple digits, the 6-foot-5 right-hander’s bread-and-butter pitch is a sinker.
  — Mark Inabinett | [e-mail], al, 20 June 2022
• The Weapons are weighted with a 3/8- to 5/8-ounce barrel sinker and have a foot-long leader and spinner.
  — D'arcy Egan, cleveland, 23 June 2022
• The two-time All-Star took the pitcher to a full count before giving a hearty swing at an 84 mph sinker to end the inning.
  — Victoria Hernandez, USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2023
• Trailing 3-2 in the sixth inning, Luis Torrens hit an 0-2 sinker over the heart of the plate for a two-run home run to left-center field.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 5 Oct. 2022

Last Updated: 3 May 2024