Examples of grounder in a Sentence
He hit a grounder to the shortstop.
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On Tuesday, the Rangers pitchers and catchers, all 42 of them, will step on to a field at the Surprise Recreation Campus, do some calisthenics, toss some baseballs and field some grounders.
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Evan Grant, Dallas Morning News, 6 Feb. 2026
That is especially ominous given San Francisco’s pitching staff generates a ton of grounders.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 1 Feb. 2026
Culpepper has a deep bag of pitches led by a mid-90s fastball, generating a promising mix of strikeouts and grounders.
—Aaron Gleeman, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2026
Bell is in the same area of Texas as Lewis and said the two were planning on starting to hit and take grounders together as early as next week.
—Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 8 Jan. 2026
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Evan Grant, Dallas Morning News, 6 Feb. 2026
That is especially ominous given San Francisco’s pitching staff generates a ton of grounders.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 1 Feb. 2026
Culpepper has a deep bag of pitches led by a mid-90s fastball, generating a promising mix of strikeouts and grounders.
—Aaron Gleeman, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2026
Bell is in the same area of Texas as Lewis and said the two were planning on starting to hit and take grounders together as early as next week.
—Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 8 Jan. 2026
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“Grounder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grounder. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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grounder
noun
ground·er
ˈgrau̇n-dər 
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