Examples of grounder in a Sentence
He hit a grounder to the shortstop.
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But Quantrill struck out Brendan Donovan and coaxed an inning-ending grounder from Ivan Herrera.
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Miami Herald, 30 July 2025
The Rays scored twice in the eighth and had runners on the corners with two outs when third baseman Josh Rojas made a nice diving stab on a Christopher Morel grounder and tossed to second for an inning-ending forceout.
—Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 24 July 2025
Merrill followed by lining out to left before Jake Cronenworth sent a grounder to shortstop Otto Lopez, who stepped on second and threw to first base.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 July 2025
Casey Schmitt and Willy Adames each fielded a pair of grounders and made Devers’ life easy by delivering chest-high throw.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 22 July 2025
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Miami Herald, 30 July 2025
The Rays scored twice in the eighth and had runners on the corners with two outs when third baseman Josh Rojas made a nice diving stab on a Christopher Morel grounder and tossed to second for an inning-ending forceout.
—Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 24 July 2025
Merrill followed by lining out to left before Jake Cronenworth sent a grounder to shortstop Otto Lopez, who stepped on second and threw to first base.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 July 2025
Casey Schmitt and Willy Adames each fielded a pair of grounders and made Devers’ life easy by delivering chest-high throw.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 22 July 2025
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“Grounder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grounder. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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grounder
noun
ground·er
ˈgrau̇n-dər 
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