bat around
Example Sentences
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Judge brought his hands in, whipped his bat around and somehow connected.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 8, 2025
Scrawled placards mark the conference table at the Kyiv Independent, where nearly a year into the defining story of their lifetimes, staffers bat around news developments large and small.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2023
“There are a lot of people here you can gut check with and bat around ideas,” Psaki said in an interview on her last day in the White House.
From Seattle Times • May 16, 2022
Once she has it, she and her staffers bat around potential lines of questioning.
From Washington Post • Oct. 10, 2020
A few neighborhood friends and I used to bat around the birdie for fun after school.
From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins
