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Explore Spitballs through 2 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.

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Spitballs in a sentence

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Spitballs | Spitball | Spitballing

Spitballs meaning

plural of spitball

Using Spitballs

  • The main meaning on this page is: plural of spitball

Context around Spitballs

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 26 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

shoots 1× produce 1×

Often after:

shine 1×

Sentence patterns with Spitballs

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

it shoots spitballs more than 1× to produce spitballs shine balls 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

just add water 1×

Common sentence endings:

than 30 feet 1× through the air 1×

Words around Spitballs

Just before it in the word index:

spitballing 4 spitball 7 spitalul 2 spitalnick 2 spitalgate 2 spitalfields 11

Just after it in the word index:

spitbank 2 spitbol 3 spite 1.083 spiteful 41 spitefully 4 spitefulness 3

Similar in corpus frequency:

aabc 4 aacr 4 aacsb 4 aadar 4 aadk 4 aadujeevitham 4

Corpus analysis for Spitballs

  • In this selection, "spitballs" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, shoots, produce and shine stand out and add context to how "spitballs" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include it shoots spitballs more than and to produce spitballs shine balls. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "spitballs" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with spitballs

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

Just add water, load, and it shoots spitballs more than 30 feet. (12 words)

Some of the increased offensive output can be explained by the 1920 rule change outlawing tampering with the ball, which pitchers had often done to produce "spitballs", "shine balls" and other trick pitches which had 'unnatural' flight through the air. (40 words)

Longer example sentences

Some of the increased offensive output can be explained by the 1920 rule change outlawing tampering with the ball, which pitchers had often done to produce "spitballs", "shine balls" and other trick pitches which had 'unnatural' flight through the air. (40 words)

Just add water, load, and it shoots spitballs more than 30 feet. (12 words)

Example sentences (2)

Just add water, load, and it shoots spitballs more than 30 feet.

Some of the increased offensive output can be explained by the 1920 rule change outlawing tampering with the ball, which pitchers had often done to produce "spitballs", "shine balls" and other trick pitches which had 'unnatural' flight through the air.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "spitballs" in a sentence?
An example: "Just add water, load, and it shoots spitballs more than 30 feet." This page contains 2 example sentences with the word "spitballs" from authentic English texts.
What does "spitballs" mean?
Spitballs means: plural of spitball
How many example sentences with "spitballs" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 2 example sentences with "spitballs", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.