pace off
Example Sentences
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“The focus was to try and take pace off, see if they’re hitting it in the air,” he said about the bowling plan.
From Washington Times • Nov. 15, 2023
However, players such as Petra Kvitova and Madison Keys, who tend to hit hard, flat strikes that will gather more pace off a lighter ball, have said they like the regular duty ones.
From BBC • Aug. 29, 2022
Chris Evert, on pundit duty on the BBC, thinks that will be a disadvantage to Pliskova’s power game, because it takes a touch of pace off the ball.
From The Guardian • Jul. 10, 2021
HE'S A HIT close up stalking the pace off the rail, came three wide into the stretch, drifted in and weakened.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 13, 2019
Hauptmann stamps a clearing in the snow, and Werner sets up the first transceiver, uses measuring tape to pace off two hundred meters, and sets up the second.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
