curveball
Example Sentences
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He showed promise with his high-velocity fastball and swing-and-miss slider/curveball combination.
From Los Angeles Times
"That's completely unexpected, what a curveball, I've been totally played."
From BBC
Still, Stafford will turn 38 the day before the Super Bowl, and it wouldn’t be much of a curveball if that were his last game, especially if the Rams were to win.
From Los Angeles Times
“They finally seemed to figure shale out, and here comes another curveball.”
We'll sometimes throw each other a curveball with a pick choice but it never gets heated or anything like that.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
