fastball
noun
fast·ball
ˈfas(t)-ˌbȯl 
: a baseball pitch thrown at full speed and often appearing to rise slightly as it nears the plate
Examples of fastball in a Sentence
He struck him out with a fastball.
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Buehler’s fastball was clearly working from the start of this game, as Yankee hitters couldn’t catch up to it, which ultimately led to him using his effective breaking pitches to his advantage.
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Scott Thompson, Fox News, 29 Oct. 2024
Cortes threw another fastball, but, alas, lower this time.
—Nicholas Dawidoff, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
The 21-year-old is now fully healthy again and his fastball is back up into the high 90s.
—Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
Even now, nobody can make a fastball move quite like Mo’s.
—Zach Schonbrun, The Atlantic, 28 Oct. 2024
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Scott Thompson, Fox News, 29 Oct. 2024
Cortes threw another fastball, but, alas, lower this time.
—Nicholas Dawidoff, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
The 21-year-old is now fully healthy again and his fastball is back up into the high 90s.
—Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
Even now, nobody can make a fastball move quite like Mo’s.
—Zach Schonbrun, The Atlantic, 28 Oct. 2024
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“Fastball.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fastball. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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fastball
noun
fast·ball
ˈfas(t)-ˌbȯl
: a baseball pitch thrown at full speed
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