balled up

Example Sentences

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Austin Reaves balled up a towel and fired it off the bench after a careless turnover led to a Pacers bucket.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2024

It was defiance and euphoria and adrenaline just balled up into this big massive gig.

From BBC • Jan. 31, 2024

Workers balled up bread for bait and threw lines over the side of the platform.

From Slate • Dec. 16, 2023

Not grumbling, belly-hungry — but "stomach touching your back, every rib visible, aching, and balled up on the floor in the corner" starving.

From Salon • Jun. 27, 2023

I crashed on the floor at the end of one of the stacks and was just sitting there, balled up inside my hoodie, when Ms. Banks, the librarian, tripped over me.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx