Wondering how to use Batter in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as hitter or beat.
Batter in a sentence
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Batter meaning
- To hit or strike violently and repeatedly.
- To coat with batter (the food ingredient).
- To defeat soundly; to thrash.
Synonyms of Batter
Using Batter
- The main meaning on this page is: To hit or strike violently and repeatedly. | To coat with batter (the food ingredient). | To defeat soundly; to thrash.
- Useful related words include: hitter, beat, baste, clobber.
- In the example corpus, batter often appears in combinations such as: the batter, batter and, batter to.
Context around Batter
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 14 start, 5 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Batter
- In this selection, "batter" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 27.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, next, leadoff, t20, doubled, side and karthik stand out and add context to how "batter" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 2 3 batter in pan and a batter who hits. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "batter" sits close to words such as belgian, blanket and johnston, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with batter
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The batter should be the consistency of crepe batter. (9 words)
Pour 2/3 batter in pan, put cinnamon and three tsp. sugar over batter. (14 words)
When will he strike out a batter and generate statistics as both a batter and pitcher? (16 words)
After the leadoff batter doubled to open the inning, Light got the next batter to groundout to short, before a single up the middle brought home the Lobos first run of the night with one out in the top of the seventh, and the Aztecs led 4-1. (48 words)
A batter who hits the ball into the field of play must drop the bat and begin running toward first base, at which point the player is referred to as a runner (or, until the play is over, a batter-runner). (41 words)
If a given situation statistically favors a certain batter, the manager of the fielding team may be more likely to change pitchers or have the pitcher intentionally walk the batter in order to face one who is less likely to succeed. (41 words)
When will he strike out a batter and generate statistics as both a batter and pitcher? (16 words)
Example sentences (20)
After the leadoff batter doubled to open the inning, Light got the next batter to groundout to short, before a single up the middle brought home the Lobos first run of the night with one out in the top of the seventh, and the Aztecs led 4-1.
My only complaint would be the balance of batter to fish was maybe too heavy on the batter side, but overall there is no denying how brilliant it was.
While Surya is the world’s number one batter in T20 batter and enjoying a prolific run in the shortest format, Ishan came into the Sri Lanka series on the back of his ODI double hundred in Bangladesh.
Du Plessis has been their next best batter with 232 runs, but it's seasoned wicketkeeper-batter Karthik, who has been phenomenal in his final IPL season.
Jahandad Khan sees the batter advance and bangs this short of a length and angling into the body of the batter.
Once all the batter has reached one edge, keep the pan tilted and rotate the pan in a circular motion, letting the batter run around the full circumference.
Once your cake batter is mixed ( it will be very rich, like brownie batter, because YUM) distribute evenly into three cake pans.
Dip into egg batter, let excess batter drip back into the bowl and place in the skillet.
Elish wasn’t expecting the throw because the umpire called a dead ball — the batter was out because she stepped out of the batter’s box on the bunt.
Knight fanned the next batter but a four-pitch walk followed and Queck brought in Renfrow who hit the first batter he faced to fill the sacks but induced a grounder to Davis at second to end the threat.
Pour 2/3 batter in pan, put cinnamon and three tsp. sugar over batter.
Remove 2/3 cup of the batter and stir in ½ cup of chocolate syrup to make the peanut butter fudge batter.
The batter should be the consistency of crepe batter.
Price then struck out a batter for the second out, but the next batter hit a line drive into right field.
She struck out the next batter for her 14th strikeout of the game and got the last Hornet batter to foul out to Brianna Tautalafua at third.
So she bought a bit of butter, better than her bitter butter, and she baked it in her batter, and the batter was not bitter.
When will he strike out a batter and generate statistics as both a batter and pitcher?
A batter who hits the ball into the field of play must drop the bat and begin running toward first base, at which point the player is referred to as a runner (or, until the play is over, a batter-runner).
If a given situation statistically favors a certain batter, the manager of the fielding team may be more likely to change pitchers or have the pitcher intentionally walk the batter in order to face one who is less likely to succeed.
If the batter makes contact, the runner has a greater chance of reaching the next base; if the batter gets a base hit, the runner may be able to take an extra base.
Common combinations with batter
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the batter 49×
- batter and 17×
- batter to 13×
- next batter 9×
- batter in 9×
- batter is 9×
- batter the 9×
- hit batter 9×
- to batter 7×
- one batter 6×