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Groundball is an English word with synonyms like grounder or hopper. Below you'll find 7 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Groundball in a sentence

Related words

Groundball | Groundballs

Groundball meaning

Alternative spelling of ground ball.

Synonyms of Groundball

grounder ground ball hopper hit hitting striking

Related words

Other words often associated with Groundball or its synonyms:

touch touching deed impressive occurrence attain smash orthopteran contact effort grasshopper prominent

Using Groundball

  • The main meaning on this page is: Alternative spelling of ground ball.
  • Useful related words include: grounder, ground ball, hopper, hit.
  • In the example corpus, groundball often appears in combinations such as: groundball rate, groundball in.

Context around Groundball

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 28.1 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 5 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

slow 1× infield 1× percent 1× play 1×

Often after:

rate 2× off 1× machine 1× error 1×

Sentence patterns with Groundball

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

50 percent groundball rate overall 1× an infield groundball in the 1× being a groundball machine on 1× considering his groundball rate was 1× double play groundball off the 1× gurriel slow groundball in the 1× on a groundball error in 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

below suter tags 1× but he posted 1× gardner meanwhile was 1× he surrendered a 1× they were able 1×

Common sentence endings:

35 8 percent 1× batter an inning 1× in the inning 1× machine on faceoffs 1× of yordan alvarez 1× the fifth inning 1×

Words around Groundball

Just before it in the word index:

ground 14.510 groulx 9 groudon 3 groucutt 3 grouchy 30 groucho 81

Just after it in the word index:

groundballs 4 groundbreaking 682 groundcover 5 grounded 908 groundedness 6 grounder 96

Similar in corpus frequency:

aakash 12 aanholt 12 aardwolf 12 abadan 12 abati 12 abcc 12

Corpus analysis for Groundball

  • In this selection, "groundball" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, slow, infield, percent, rate, off and machine stand out and add context to how "groundball" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include 50 percent groundball rate overall and an infield groundball in the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "groundball" sits close to words such as aakash, aanholt and aardwolf, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with groundball

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Below: Suter tags out a diving Alex Gordon on an infield groundball in the fifth inning. (16 words)

After that, the Astros threatened, with a Michael Brantley walk, a Yuli Gurriel slow groundball in the outfield, and another walk of Yordan Alvarez. (24 words)

By the time he sidestepped the jam, getting a double play groundball off the bat of Xander Bogaerts, Biagini had thrown 41 pitches in the inning. (26 words)

Longer example sentences

But he posted a 3.17 ERA on the road and still had a 50 percent groundball rate overall (eighth best in the majors for pitchers with at least 130 innings) and struck out nearly a batter an inning. (39 words)

He surrendered a career-worst 30 home runs despite only 12.8 percent of his fly balls leaving the yard, which is fortunate considering his groundball rate was a career-low 35.8 percent. (34 words)

They were able to work their first base runner into scoring position and drive them in on a groundball error in the infield in the bottom of the first inning. (30 words)

Example sentences (7)

He surrendered a career-worst 30 home runs despite only 12.8 percent of his fly balls leaving the yard, which is fortunate considering his groundball rate was a career-low 35.8 percent.

After that, the Astros threatened, with a Michael Brantley walk, a Yuli Gurriel slow groundball in the outfield, and another walk of Yordan Alvarez.

Below: Suter tags out a diving Alex Gordon on an infield groundball in the fifth inning.

But he posted a 3.17 ERA on the road and still had a 50 percent groundball rate overall (eighth best in the majors for pitchers with at least 130 innings) and struck out nearly a batter an inning.

By the time he sidestepped the jam, getting a double play groundball off the bat of Xander Bogaerts, Biagini had thrown 41 pitches in the inning.

Gardner, meanwhile, was the complete defensive package for Xaverian, always finding ways to shut down the opposition’s top scoring threat while being a groundball machine on faceoffs.

They were able to work their first base runner into scoring position and drive them in on a groundball error in the infield in the bottom of the first inning.

Common combinations with groundball

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "groundball" in a sentence?
An example: "He surrendered a career-worst 30 home runs despite only 12.8 percent of his fly balls leaving the yard, which is fortunate considering his groundball rate was a career-low 35.8 percent." This page contains 7 example sentences with the word "groundball" from authentic English texts.
What does "groundball" mean?
Groundball means: Alternative spelling of ground ball.
What are synonyms of "groundball"?
Common synonyms of "groundball" include: grounder, ground ball, hopper, hit, hitting, striking.
How many example sentences with "groundball" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 7 example sentences with "groundball", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.