blooper

Example Sentences

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Battered, bruised and well beaten, Smith had coughed up a horrendous blooper for Sale's sixth try, failing to gather a routine backfield ball to allow a chasing Raffi Quirke to dot down.

From BBC • Dec. 29, 2025

I’ve seen pieces of the show, and discovered that the parts that really bring me back are the blooper reels.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 21, 2024

Leody Taveras didn’t wait for two strikes, he swung at the first pitch, hitting a soft blooper off the end of the bat that found grass in right field for another RBI single.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 30, 2023

His blooper down the right-field line bounced past Marlins right fielder Jesús Sánchez.

From Washington Times • Aug. 9, 2023

On the third pitch, I went into a long, elaborate windup and sent him a slow, curving blooper, the kind a batter always wants to hit and always misses.

From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok