Examples of bobble in a Sentence
Verb
The catcher bobbled the ball.
the first baseman bobbled the catch, so the runner was safe
Noun
a bobble that cost them the game
The curtains have a series of bobbles along the edge.
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Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 5 June 2025
Xander Bogaerts began the bottom of the fifth with a walk and went to third when right fielder Jo Adell bobbled, ever-so-slightly, a single by Jake Cronenworth.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2025
Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 25 May 2025
Reliever Nuri Gutman pitched well to strike out the side in the fourth inning, but Romero turned a double in the left-center gap into another run off a bobble by the defense.
—Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 24 May 2025
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Verb
And Dart was picked off twice in the practice: once by Tre Hawkins down the sideline and again by Makari Paige on a pass bobbled by Zach Pascal.
—Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 5 June 2025
Xander Bogaerts began the bottom of the fifth with a walk and went to third when right fielder Jo Adell bobbled, ever-so-slightly, a single by Jake Cronenworth.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2025
Noun
Miguel Vargas made a slight bobble, leading to no chance for a play at the plate, and then decided to throw to first.
—Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 25 May 2025
Reliever Nuri Gutman pitched well to strike out the side in the fourth inning, but Romero turned a double in the left-center gap into another run off a bobble by the defense.
—Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 24 May 2025
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“Bobble.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bobble. Accessed 9 Jun. 2025.
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