pace off
Example Sentences
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Player of the match Adam Zampa of Oval Invincibles: "The Oval is one of my favourite stadiums in the world. I love bowling here because you gather pace off the wicket. Really enjoyable."
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2024
“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
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
Seivold remembers that one of Brady’s former teammates had made a comment about the quarterback having lost pace off his balls.
From New York Times ● Sep. 9, 2020
I could pace off the length of fence he built in ten strides.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
