Below you will find example sentences with "loose ball". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Loose Ball in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: loose
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 23
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 30.7 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 4 start, 11 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "loose ball" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 30.7 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as after two loose ball fouls on, and the loose ball was picked, possession, offensive and two stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with cue ball, dragon ball, ball super, loose women, cut loose and let loose, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with loose ball
This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:
C.J. McCollum grabbed the loose ball, but officials had blown the whistle. (13 words)
Christian Kouame pounced on a loose ball 14 minutes from time to win it for Fiorentina. (16 words)
As he chased a loose ball down the left flank, the 29-year-old was closely followed by a Barnet defender. (21 words)
As with drop kicks, players may punt at any time. ; Dribbled ball: A dribbled ball is one that has been kicked while not in possession of a player, for example, a loose ball following a fumble, a blocked kick, a kickoff, or a kick from scrimmage. (46 words)
A Hofstra three-pointer after two loose ball fouls on Towson cut the lead to six points, but an offensive board and layup from guard Nygal Russell put the game at an eight-point differential with Towson leading 27-19 at the 1:26 mark. (45 words)
And yet Woodman’s men raced into the perfect start when Michael Cheek fired in, unchallenged, from inside the area before the experienced striker doubled his tally before half-time when capitalising on a loose ball from a corner. (39 words)
Example sentences (20)
As with drop kicks, players may punt at any time. ; Dribbled ball: A dribbled ball is one that has been kicked while not in possession of a player, for example, a loose ball following a fumble, a blocked kick, a kickoff, or a kick from scrimmage.
But Tuputala dropped the ball at the 1 as he was going into the end zone and while he celebrated with teammates, Utah offensive lineman Michael Mokofisi jumped on the loose ball giving the Utes possession.
Just before the end Stafford dropped the ball near to their own 22 line and the loose ball was picked up by the alert Ryan Tiene who, looping round the defence, scored under the posts.
Fifty-year-old men often can’t help but dive on the court for a loose ball at “noon ball,” even when it’s in their worst physical interest to do so.
She missed both free throws, but the Lady Rebels threw away the ball on the inbounds pass. Smith came up with the loose ball and time expired.
Four minutes later, Mario Mandzukic won a loose ball in the penalty area and teed the ball up for Ronaldo to fire a venomous drive past Simone Scuffet.
In the 40th minute Kambole picked up on a loose ball on the edge of the box, after great high-pressing from Zesco, and tucked the ball beyond the ‘keeper to make it 2-0.
After defensive lineman John Banaszak recovered the loose ball on the Pittsburgh 47-yard line, the Steelers attempted 2 running plays with running back Franco Harris carrying the ball, but only gained 1 yard.
There are two categories of rebounds: offensive rebounds, in which the ball is recovered by the offensive side and does not change possession, and defensive rebounds, in which the defending team gains possession of the loose ball.
A Hofstra three-pointer after two loose ball fouls on Towson cut the lead to six points, but an offensive board and layup from guard Nygal Russell put the game at an eight-point differential with Towson leading 27-19 at the 1:26 mark.
And yet Woodman’s men raced into the perfect start when Michael Cheek fired in, unchallenged, from inside the area before the experienced striker doubled his tally before half-time when capitalising on a loose ball from a corner.
Any loose ball in midfield was being snapped up in an instant and if anyone enjoys a slide tackle more than Dempsey, I haven’t seen them.
As he chased a loose ball down the left flank, the 29-year-old was closely followed by a Barnet defender.
Both were prominent in the first half when Williams prodded a loose ball over the bar from Morgan’s superb touchline dribble.
Christian Kouame pounced on a loose ball 14 minutes from time to win it for Fiorentina.
C.J. McCollum grabbed the loose ball, but officials had blown the whistle.
Clippers forward Robert Covington, left, picks up a loose ball as Denver Nuggets guard Davon Reed defends during the second half on Thursday night in Denver.
Da Silva was off on a 3-pointer in the closing seconds and Seton Hall secured the loose ball and raced the other way for a KC Ndefo dunk while being fouled with 32.1 seconds left.
For me, Tom and Julie’s help was the loose ball rebound that allowed for the film to score the winning basket.
Holt had been given two scares with Sports’ press but failed to heed the warning for a third time as Rossiter closed down the keeper and won the race to the loose ball for 2-2.