Below you will find example sentences with "cue ball". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Cue Ball in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: ball
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 15
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 29.9 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 5 start, 10 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "cue ball" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 29.9 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as are not cue ball scratches generally, ball the cue ball is not, object, shot and hit stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with loose ball, dragon ball, ball super and dragon ball, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with cue ball
This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:
Knocking a ball (apart from the cue ball) off the table carries no penalty. (14 words)
This newer version of nine-ball awarded ball-in-hand on any cue ball foul. (15 words)
In that case, the cue ball remains where it stopped, as ball-in-hand is not commonly used. (18 words)
Given the many possible explanations for the movement of the eight ball, our abduction does not leave us certain that the cue ball in fact struck the eight ball, but our abduction, still useful, can serve to orient us in our surroundings. (42 words)
A common Latin American variant of " last-pocket " is that each player is allowed either one (or even two) cue ball scratches when shooting for the 8, which must be pocketed in the same pocket as the shooter's final object ball. (42 words)
Unlike any other shot of the game, for a push-out shot, the cue ball is not required to contact any object ball and if an object ball is contacted, it is not required to be the lowest numbered ball. (40 words)
Example sentences (20)
Players execute shots by striking the cue ball with the cue, causing the cue ball to hit a red or coloured ball.
In all, players shoot a cue ball so that it makes contact with the opponent's cue ball as well as the object ball.
The nap will affect the direction of the cue ball depending on which direction the cue ball is shot and also on whether left or right side (spin) is placed on the ball.
Fouls, in common bar pool, that are not cue ball scratches generally only cause loss of turn, with cue ball left in place (even if it is hook ed).
As in regular 9-ball, play progresses from the lowest-numbered ball on the table; however a legal shot is made by shooting the object ball rather than the cue ball.
The object ball must make first contact with the cue ball to count as a legal shot, the goal being to carom the object ball into a pocket (a kiss-shot) or into another ball.
Unlike any other shot of the game, for a push-out shot, the cue ball is not required to contact any object ball and if an object ball is contacted, it is not required to be the lowest numbered ball.
Even if the cue ball is hit in exactly the same way, the nap will cause a different effect depending on whether the ball is hit down table (towards the black ball spot) or up table towards the baulk line.
For example, in a billiard game, after glancing and seeing the eight ball moving towards us, we may abduce that the cue ball struck the eight ball.
Given the many possible explanations for the movement of the eight ball, our abduction does not leave us certain that the cue ball in fact struck the eight ball, but our abduction, still useful, can serve to orient us in our surroundings.
Points are awarded for: *Two-ball cannons: striking both the object ball and the other (opponent's) cue ball on the same shot (2 points).
The former may occur when the player fails to escape from " a snooker " – a situation in which the previous player leaves the cue ball positioned such that no legal ball can be struck directly without obstruction by an illegal ball.
This newer version of nine-ball awarded ball-in-hand on any cue ball foul.
Now imagine your counter-clockwise spinning cue ball striking a bowling ball instead, and deflecting even more strongly--but to the left--when it strikes the larger mass.
A common Latin American variant of " last-pocket " is that each player is allowed either one (or even two) cue ball scratches when shooting for the 8, which must be pocketed in the same pocket as the shooter's final object ball.
A foul can occur for various reasons, most commonly for failing to hit the correct ball (e.g. hitting a colour first when the player was attempting to hit a red), or for sending the cue ball into a pocket.
Another variant in Latin America is that the only ball-in-hand (behind the head string) foul is scratch ing the cue ball into a pocket; other fouls are simply loss-of-turn.
If it was some other foul which had occurred while playing the 8 ball, the cue ball is not moved.
In that case, the cue ball remains where it stopped, as ball-in-hand is not commonly used.
Knocking a ball (apart from the cue ball) off the table carries no penalty.