balling up

Example Sentences

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The comment was disrespectful, said Ms Haley, who added that she could "feel my eyes balling up, and everything, just because it was just so deeply offensive in that moment".

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2025

Instead of balling up those fast food bags or tossing empty coffee cups on the floor, use an auto garbage can to pitch your trash.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 17, 2022

“He’s funny, but that’s mean,” she said in a debrief after the show, her hands balling up into fists.

From New York Times • Jul. 28, 2016

“I asked them to come out for 10 minutes,” he said before bending over and balling up some snow.

From Washington Times • Feb. 24, 2015

At the far end, by the library office, a couple of boys were balling up paper and lobbing it over onto other boys’ heads, then ducking down and laughing.

From "Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story" by Nora Raleigh Baskin