softball
noun
soft·ball
ˈsȯf(t)-ˌbȯl 
1
: a sport similar to baseball played on a small diamond with a ball that is larger than a baseball and that is pitched underhand
also
: the ball used in this game
2
: a question requiring only an easy or simple response
Examples of softball in a Sentence
Do you want to play softball?
All the questions in the interview were softballs.
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According to Perfect Game, the world’s largest elite youth baseball, softball and scouting platform, 103 out of 105 selections on day one of this year’s draft had participated in their events.
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Wayne G. McDonnell, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
Earlier this year, reports suggested a softball game was in the works, but a YES Network report last week made clear that the plan was for a traditional baseball game of two or three innings.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 21 July 2025
Government and recreational facilities — the tennis center, skate park and softball field — also currently exist at the site.
—Abigail Hasebroock, Sun Sentinel, 21 July 2025
The Mets’ postseason run in 2006, the World Series in 2015 and his final, painful final at-bat 2018 gave way to days on the softball and soccer fields with his three kids, Olivia, Madison and Brooks, and a family life in Los Angeles with their mother, his wife Molly.
—Abbey Mastracco, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2025
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Wayne G. McDonnell, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
Earlier this year, reports suggested a softball game was in the works, but a YES Network report last week made clear that the plan was for a traditional baseball game of two or three innings.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 21 July 2025
Government and recreational facilities — the tennis center, skate park and softball field — also currently exist at the site.
—Abigail Hasebroock, Sun Sentinel, 21 July 2025
The Mets’ postseason run in 2006, the World Series in 2015 and his final, painful final at-bat 2018 gave way to days on the softball and soccer fields with his three kids, Olivia, Madison and Brooks, and a family life in Los Angeles with their mother, his wife Molly.
—Abbey Mastracco, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2025
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“Softball.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/softball. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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softball
noun
soft·ball
ˈsȯf(t)-ˌbȯl
: baseball played on a small diamond with a ball that is larger than a baseball and that is pitched underhand
also
: the ball used in this game
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