alertly
Example Sentences
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Roberts was on first base and alertly scampered back to avoid a double play.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2024
Heyward and Barnes alertly tagged up and advanced on the play, allowing Heyward to score on Freeman’s sacrifice fly to center for a 4-0 lead.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2024
Arsenal recovered and went close when Frida Maanum's powerful strike was beaten over the crossbar by Laws, and substitute Victoria Pelova's close-range strike was alertly blocked by Gemma Bonner.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2023
Peguero doubled home Nick Gonzales in the seventh and then alertly scored from third when reliever Jacob Webb dropped catcher Matt Thaiss’ throw back to the mound and was slow to retrieve the ball.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 24, 2023
And yet her eyes were open, and she was blinking alertly in our direction.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
