How to Use slugger in a Sentence

slugger

noun
  • The slugger will play first base.
    — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 23 Jan. 2026
  • The 6-foot-7 slugger may have been rushed.
    — Chuck Murr, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Witt finished among the best sluggers in the league.
    — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Could that be the cause of the Orioles slugger's slump?
    — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 13 Apr. 2026
  • The slugger now has 15 home runs in his last 34 games.
    — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 21 Aug. 2025
  • The lefty slugger figures to collect big bucks this time next year.
    — Ryan Morik, Fox News, 12 Dec. 2024
  • When a star slugger or key pitcher goes down, the best teams find a way to fill the hole.
    — Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The slugger has been through enough in his three seasons in the Bronx.
    — Kristie Ackert, courant.com, 6 Oct. 2020
  • This was the beginning of a theme for the slugger.
    — Dan Freedman, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
  • The union of this slugger and this franchise makes too much sense to sever.
    — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 17 Nov. 2022
  • Either way, the market shouldn't be as dry for the star slugger.
    — Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Maybe that will be the swing that gets the Dodgers slugger out of a three-week slump, or maybe not.
    — Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2024
  • What was once a rarity is now a part of the slugger’s routine.
    — Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 12 May 2026
  • The slugger hit a walk-off grand slam to win the game for the Braves, 6-2.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 29 Mar. 2026
  • In baseball, star sluggers come to the plate every inning and a half or so.
    — Maury Brown, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Utermark is the only one of the five sluggers who is homegrown.
    — Mitch Light, New York Times, 11 June 2026
  • The Twins appear close to getting one of their sluggers back.
    — John Shipley, Twin Cities, 22 July 2024
  • The star slugger fouled a pitch off the top of his right foot, but imaging showed no breaks or fractures.
    — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 30 July 2025
  • Two sluggers with chalky home run odds have the most appealing home run bets tonight, even with the short odds.
    — Josh Shepardson, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
  • So there sauntered Judge, one of the most stoic sluggers in a sport full of them.
    — Chandler Rome, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Both sluggers could plausibly find their new homes over the coming days.
    — Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 7 Dec. 2025
  • Now, the Rangers are left with a struggling slugger signed to a massive deal.
    — Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025
  • So once again, history has brought us many sluggers, stars and legends.
    — Jayson Stark, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Here’s a look back at some of the top moments from the slugger’s decade as an Oriole.
    — Dan Gelston, baltimoresun.com, 13 Aug. 2021
  • Mills hung a first-pitch changeup to the Brewers’ slugger, who didn’t miss it.
    — Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2020
  • One torrid slugger cannot carry it every night.
    — Matt Kawahara, Houston Chronicle, 10 May 2026
  • Adding the slugger to the roster would help put Texas back on the map after a few down years.
    — Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Aug. 2025
  • The 14-time all-star won 10 silver slugger awards and two gold gloves.
    — Chuck Murr, Forbes.com, 23 May 2026
  • By the time Ohtani faced Sánchez a third time, the slugger was geared up for the changeup.
    — Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2025
  • The Twins would like to bring their star slugger back for a third season, but that could take a two-year deal.
    — La Velle E. Neal Iii, Star Tribune, 1 Dec. 2020

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