Grounder is an English word with synonyms like groundball or hopper. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Grounder in a sentence
Related words
Grounder meaning
- A ground ball.
- A fruit that has fallen to the ground rather than being picked; a windfall.
- One of the large stones forming the base of a Cornish hedge.
Synonyms of Grounder
Using Grounder
- The main meaning on this page is: A ground ball. | A fruit that has fallen to the ground rather than being picked; a windfall. | One of the large stones forming the base of a Cornish hedge.
- Useful related words include: ground ball, groundball, hopper, hit.
- In the example corpus, grounder often appears in combinations such as: grounder to, on grounder, grounder in.
Context around Grounder
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 14 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Grounder
- In this selection, "grounder" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, play, hard, choice, leading, off and factions stand out and add context to how "grounder" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include on a grounder to third and a hard grounder off an. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "grounder" sits close to words such as abelian, acer and agrippina, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with grounder
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
McLamb took a hard grounder to his plant ankle. (9 words)
Cameron Poole hit a sac grounder that advanced the runner home making it 6-1. (15 words)
Myers hit Lindor before he could field the grounder and also got clipped by the ball. (16 words)
Cincinnati put runners on second and third with one out in the ninth against Romano, but the All-Star closer struck out Henry Ramos and retired Stuart Fairchild on a grounder to third for his 30th save. (37 words)
Justin Topa (1-2) pitched around J.P. Crawford’s error on DJ LeMahieu’s grounder leading off the 10th inning as the Yankees failed to score with the bases loaded and one out. (34 words)
After that, Houck drew a soft grounder that led to Torres being caught in a rundown between third and home, and he drew another groundout from Peraza to finish the outing strong. (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
Pederson was thrown out trying to go to third on a grounder, but Corey Seager reached base when Luis Urías booted his potential game-ending, double play grounder to second.
After a fielder’s choice grounder to shortstop advanced both runners and scored Thaxton, Ella Miller drove in Brooks with the third run on a sacrifice fly to center field.
After a single, he swiped second and advanced to third on sailed throw by d’Arnaud and then scored what turned out to be the deciding run on an Odor grounder.
After that, Houck drew a soft grounder that led to Torres being caught in a rundown between third and home, and he drew another groundout from Peraza to finish the outing strong.
Cameron Poole hit a sac grounder that advanced the runner home making it 6-1.
Cincinnati put runners on second and third with one out in the ninth against Romano, but the All-Star closer struck out Henry Ramos and retired Stuart Fairchild on a grounder to third for his 30th save.
Instead of adding another chapter to his hero saga, Burns hit a speedy grounder to the shortstop, who threw out Walsh, a much faster runner than Burns, at second base.
Jun 17, 2023; Phoenix, AZ, USA; Arizona Diamondbacks infielder Geraldo Perdomo (2) throws to first base after fielding a grounder against the Cleveland Guardians at Chase Field.
Justin Topa (1-2) pitched around J.P. Crawford’s error on DJ LeMahieu’s grounder leading off the 10th inning as the Yankees failed to score with the bases loaded and one out.
Justin Turner’s ensuing RBI single was more conventional, but not particularly hard hit, and Rafael Devers’ RBI grounder to cap the rally was a slow roller as well.
Leadoff batter Makayla Bishop drove a hard grounder off an infielder to bring in Taylor Monteleone from second base with two outs.
Lexa, the leader of one of the Grounder factions, was suddenly shot in season 3 by a stray bullet meant for Clarke.
McLamb took a hard grounder to his plant ankle.
Myers hit Lindor before he could field the grounder and also got clipped by the ball.
Ryan Brasier (2-0), the third of six Los Angeles pitchers, got an inning-ending double-play grounder after taking over in the sixth.
Santander followed with a sharp grounder that glanced off the glove of first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. for an RBI single.
Sewald then struck out Jordan Westburg and Adam Frazier before retiring Ramon Urias on a grounder to third to end it.
Sophomore designated hitter Collin Feeney opened up the inning with a grounder that made its way through the gap in first and second for a single.
The first run was manufactured when Thaiss singled, stole second, took third on a grounder and scored on a sacrifice fly.
Travinski hit a leadoff single and scored on a grounder by Jobert to increase the Tiger lead to 4-0.
Common combinations with grounder
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- grounder to 34×
- on grounder 13×
- grounder in 10×
- grounder that 7×
- hard grounder 6×
- the grounder 6×
- sharp grounder 6×
- with grounder 4×
- infield grounder 4×
- hit grounder 4×