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How do you use Tetherball in a sentence? See 3 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.

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Tetherball in a sentence

Tetherball meaning

  1. A two-person sport where players hit a ball on the end of a tether attached to the top of a pole in opposite directions, and the winner is the one who manages to make the tether wrap all the way round the pole.
  2. The ball in the sport of tetherball.

Synonyms of Tetherball

athletic game

Related words

Other words often associated with Tetherball or its synonyms:

sport game athletics

Using Tetherball

  • The main meaning on this page is: A two-person sport where players hit a ball on the end of a tether attached to the top of a pole in opposite directions, and the winner is the one who manages to make the tether wrap all the way round the pole. | The ball in the sport of tetherball.
  • Useful related words include: athletic game.
  • In the example corpus, tetherball often appears in combinations such as: the tetherball.

Context around Tetherball

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 27.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 2 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Often after:

game 1× privileges 1× pole 1× stranded 1×

Sentence patterns with Tetherball

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

bringing back tetherball privileges 1× during a tetherball game and 1× find the tetherball pole 1× with the tetherball stranded out 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

principal wilkins responded 1× the bar was 1×

Common sentence endings:

back tetherball privileges 1× boat i thought 1× the tetherball pole 1×

Words around Tetherball

Just before it in the word index:

tether 109 teth 3 tetfund 31 teterboro 4 teter 4 tetepisca 2

Just after it in the word index:

tethered 110 tethering 29 tethers 11 tethyan 3 tethys 17 teti 3

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaaaand 5 aaah 5 aacl 5 aak 5 aapke 5 aarav 5

Corpus analysis for Tetherball

  • In this selection, "tetherball" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, game, privileges and pole stand out and add context to how "tetherball" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include bringing back tetherball privileges and during a tetherball game and. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "tetherball" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aacl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with tetherball

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

Or they’ll find the tetherball pole. (7 words)

Principal Wilkins responded that he was tired of calling the school nurse every time a student got his/her nose broken/bloodied during a tetherball game, and therefore has no intention of bringing back tetherball privileges. (36 words)

The bar was where Michael retreated, after getting smacked in the face with the tetherball, stranded out in the ocean on the Sunfish (that was my fault, how hard can it be to sail a little boat, I thought? (39 words)

Longer example sentences

The bar was where Michael retreated, after getting smacked in the face with the tetherball, stranded out in the ocean on the Sunfish (that was my fault, how hard can it be to sail a little boat, I thought? (39 words)

Principal Wilkins responded that he was tired of calling the school nurse every time a student got his/her nose broken/bloodied during a tetherball game, and therefore has no intention of bringing back tetherball privileges. (36 words)

Or they’ll find the tetherball pole. (7 words)

Question examples

The bar was where Michael retreated, after getting smacked in the face with the tetherball, stranded out in the ocean on the Sunfish (that was my fault, how hard can it be to sail a little boat, I thought? (39 words)

Example sentences (3)

Principal Wilkins responded that he was tired of calling the school nurse every time a student got his/her nose broken/bloodied during a tetherball game, and therefore has no intention of bringing back tetherball privileges.

Or they’ll find the tetherball pole.

The bar was where Michael retreated, after getting smacked in the face with the tetherball, stranded out in the ocean on the Sunfish (that was my fault, how hard can it be to sail a little boat, I thought?

Common combinations with tetherball

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "tetherball" in a sentence?
An example: "Principal Wilkins responded that he was tired of calling the school nurse every time a student got his/her nose broken/bloodied during a tetherball game, and therefore has no intention of bringing back tetherball privileges." This page contains 3 example sentences with the word "tetherball" from authentic English texts.
What does "tetherball" mean?
Tetherball means: A two-person sport where players hit a ball on the end of a tether attached to the top of a pole in opposite directions, and the winner is the one who manages to make the tether wrap all the way round the pole.
What are synonyms of "tetherball"?
Common synonyms of "tetherball" include: athletic game.
How many example sentences with "tetherball" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 3 example sentences with "tetherball", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.