sinker
Example Sentences
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Skubal didn’t allow another baserunner until the sixth inning, when Sean Murphy launched a top-rail sinker for a solo homer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
Meanwhile, Schlittler’s sinker, which he throws 20% of the time, veers aggressively downward and toward righties.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
In a 1-1 count, Phillips threw a sinker on the inside edge of the strike zone, and Taylor lifted it into the left-field stands for a go-ahead three-run homer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026
On his first at-bat in the third, Rushing drove a first-pitch sinker to right field for a double.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
And the kid had fallen for it, hook, line and sinker, although the conversation had gone back and forth for a while.
From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier
