left field
Example Sentences
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Kendra Nelson walked to begin the game, then Gonzales lined an inside pitch deep over the fence in left field to make it 2-0.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026
A dropped fly ball on the warning track in left field by Teoscar Hernández spelled trouble for Yamamoto, scoring a run and allowing Jo Adell to reach second base with nobody out.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2026
But Chalamet's final pick of someone who demonstrated British greatness comes totally out of left field.
From BBC • Dec. 16, 2025
In the last five years alone, a pandemic, an inflation spike and a trade war all appeared out of left field to confound expectations.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 9, 2025
I hit a long one out to left field, and then a fast one to the shortstop, who fielded it neatly and whipped it to first.
From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
