Ballgame is an English word with synonyms like situation. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Ballgame meaning
Alternative spelling of ball game.
Synonyms of Ballgame
Using Ballgame
- The main meaning on this page is: Alternative spelling of ball game.
- Useful related words include: new ballgame, situation, state of affairs, ball game.
- In the example corpus, ballgame often appears in combinations such as: the ballgame, ballgame and, ballgame by.
Context around Ballgame
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 7 middle, 13 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Ballgame
- In this selection, "ballgame" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 22.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, outstanding, whole, different, marshall and basically stand out and add context to how "ballgame" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include in the ballgame and a political ballgame where the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "ballgame" sits close to words such as absentees, accruing and aerosmith, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with ballgame
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
That’s the whole ballgame. (5 words)
That was the ballgame, basically. (5 words)
He did everything he needed to do to play well in that ballgame. (13 words)
I would hate to see this debate concerning a very important topic – the police and border guard reserve – become a political ballgame where the interior minister seeks to lend credibility to his claims by unfairly playing down the Defense League. (40 words)
Our goal is to have an identity, go out there and, I’ve said this before, our goal is to prove ourselves every single night that we deserve to win the ballgame, to go out there and do it. (39 words)
Like the many times you longed for a simple Friday night dinner-and-movie with your spouse, or held tickets for a flight, a concert or a ballgame — a memory — that won’t be made, not now. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
Athletes in Inuvik didn’t let a cloud of smoke get in the way of their ballgame.
But it was a beautiful day for a ballgame, and there was one at Sec Taylor, one for which our family had reserved an outfield skybox to celebrate our July birthdays.
Defensive coordinator Jim Knowles said the defense regained momentum and remained poised despite a flood of successful runs by Notre Dame later on in the ballgame.
Eddy Alvarez was ejected from the ballgame by home plate umpire Robert Nunez during the middle of the sixth inning.
I thought they played an outstanding ballgame,” Marshall head coach Dan D’Antoni said.
Reanna Rudd then in the final run of the ballgame with a sac bunt that increased the lead to 5-0 with three outs to record.
That’s the whole ballgame.
Washington beat the Broncos in total yards, 568 to 402. The much-hyped Taylen Green failed to keep his team in the ballgame.
He referenced a famous Mayan myth of hero twins who must play a ballgame with the gods to escape the underworld.
Iowa Cubs 5 Saint Paul Saints 1 2 local San Diego Athletes made headlines in this ballgame as Helix alum DeShawn Keirsey and Rancho Bernardo alum Wynton Bernard each contributed with a single.
It didn’t hit the maximum suggested by Oura, but again, this is a totally different ballgame than Apple Watch numbers.
That was the ballgame, basically.
You’re 18, on a field with big league guys who are getting ready for a big league ballgame.
He did everything he needed to do to play well in that ballgame.
How much he gives and how much he takes will determine the entire ballgame.
I hope that next time we are all gathered together at Joe Faber Field on a sunny summer day, we are able to sit back, relax and enjoy a ballgame.
I would hate to see this debate concerning a very important topic – the police and border guard reserve – become a political ballgame where the interior minister seeks to lend credibility to his claims by unfairly playing down the Defense League.
Like the many times you longed for a simple Friday night dinner-and-movie with your spouse, or held tickets for a flight, a concert or a ballgame — a memory — that won’t be made, not now.
Limbic capitalism in the age of digital technology is truly a whole new ballgame.
Our goal is to have an identity, go out there and, I’ve said this before, our goal is to prove ourselves every single night that we deserve to win the ballgame, to go out there and do it.
Common combinations with ballgame
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the ballgame 21×
- ballgame and 2×
- ballgame by 2×
- ballgame with 2×
- this ballgame 2×
- new ballgame 2×
- to ballgame 2×
- ballgame during 2×