Example sentences for: batting

How can you use “batting” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Bob Greene reports that Jordan--the greatest basketball player of all time--was motivated by a sports fantasy: that he'd be batting for the White Sox in his first professional baseball game, and would hit a home run, round the bases and, never stopping running, just head straight from home plate to the tunnel leading out of the stadium, disappearing in front of the awed crowd.

  • ("After today's work, my 'batting average' rose to .306.

  • These nets are commercially available or can be made from small-mesh nylon netting, silk batting cloth, plankton netting, or similar material.

  • (Those travels helped inspire On the Road .) Kerouac mocks his friend Allen Ginsberg, honors the "Spirituality of Hashish," and records a "batting average" for writing.

  • Starr is batting "10 for 10" against presidential legal challenges, note Tim Russert ( Meet the Press ) and Fred Barnes ( Fox News Sunday ), proving that he's "not a rogue prosecutor" (Susan Page, Late Edition ). "The judge was downright scornful of the White House," adds Barnes.


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