How to Use glove in a Sentence

glove

1 of 2 noun
Definition of glovenext
Synonyms for glovenext
  • The glove work under Melvin has been some of the best in the game.
    — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Aug. 2023
  • Put on gloves and scrub the grill grates with a grill brush.
    — House Beautiful, 16 May 2023
  • There was … trash bags, there were gloves … And a couple of gas cans.
    — Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 9 Dec. 2023
  • The man had put on a bulletproof vest, gloves and a mask.
    — Curtis Bunn, NBC News, 28 Aug. 2023
  • The glove fits—and fights the tremors of Parkinson’s The GyroGlove dampens tremors in the wearer’s hand.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Lee will be atop the lineup every day, and his glove will play the whole game, too.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2024
  • But the 31-year-old forward has a pretty sweet glove hand as well.
    — Conor Ryan, BostonGlobe.com, 15 May 2023
  • The hat and matching glove set is made from knit acrylic and designed to fit over the ears to keep them warm and cozy.
    — Moriah Mason, Southern Living, 14 Nov. 2023
  • The witch reached into her bag, pulled out latex gloves, and put them on.
    — Myriam Gurba, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2023
  • Friedl charged a low line drive and caught the ball with the webbing of his glove to record the inning-ending out.
    — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 7 May 2023
  • Bottom: Paige Sinicki grounds out 3-4 off the glove of the first baseman.
    — oregonlive, 6 May 2023
  • Except the throw was off, the ball bouncing in the dirt ahead of Walsh and deflecting off his glove.
    — Sarah Valenzuela, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2023
  • Palvin also wore a veil attached to a sheer train as well as sheer gloves.
    — Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 19 July 2023
  • But none of the gloves that Woolf wore in her lifetime are thought to exist today.
    — Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Sale walked off the field with his glove over his face, masking what were surely some choice words.
    — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 1 June 2023
  • Steer had a good read on Pham’s shot to left field and had the ball in his glove, but a young fan sitting in the front row took the ball out of his glove.
    — Jenna Ortiz, The Arizona Republic, 25 Aug. 2023
  • If your feet and hands tend to get cold, try using hand or toe warmers in your gloves and boots.
    — Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 28 Jan. 2024
  • Teams dress in layers — long johns, hats, gloves and hand warmers for the frigid overnight and morning hours.
    — Susan Montoya Bryan, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2023
  • This is easy enough to do, as the space between the grates is large enough to get a set of tongs or smaller BBQ gloves in between.
    — Quincy Bulin, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 July 2023
  • This gave Sophia Smith, decked all game in cool black gloves, an opportunity to seal the win for the U.S.
    — Sean Gregory, Time, 6 Aug. 2023
  • The rider’s hand with a glove and a foot in a racing boot extended out from under the sheet.
    — TIME, 7 Oct. 2023
  • The suit came with matching thigh-high boots and a pair of fingerless silver opera gloves.
    — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 10 June 2023
  • That sparkling gold gown was luminescent on the iconic singer and fit her like a glove.
    — Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 5 Feb. 2024
  • While some top sheets can be oversized, the one included in this set fit our queen-sized bed like a glove.
    — Jamie Weissman, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Vince cashmere knit gloves Cashmere gloves are the way to a cozy, quality gift.
    — Jamila Stewart, Vogue, 6 Oct. 2023
  • His final layer: his black fire suit, black gloves and boots.
    — Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 13 July 2023
  • The gloves themselves have dates written on them so workers know when to replace them.
    — Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 14 Nov. 2023
  • Tape wooden sticks to gardening gloves to make a cat's paw.
    — WIRED, 18 Sep. 2023
  • That surgeon had been operating a table saw when his glove caught the saw blade and pulled in his hand.
    — Chris Arnold, NPR, 2 Apr. 2024
  • Four people in face masks and gloves stormed the store, busted open display cases and racks, shattered glass, and grabbed dozens of firearms.
    — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Mar. 2024
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glove

2 of 2 verb
  • The Tigers' Nick Goodrum tried to glove it but smacked it to the ground.
    — Maria Torres, kansascity, 20 Apr. 2018
  • Belt ranged well off the first-base bag to glove it, then spun and looked to first – and saw no one.
    — azcentral, 19 Apr. 2018
  • Over 5,500 golfers gave this pair of rain gloves five-stars over on Amazon.
    — John Thompson, menshealth.com, 22 Apr. 2023
  • Jimenez went back to the left-field wall at Camelback Ranch in Glendale, Ariz., jumped and reached his arm and glove over the fence.
    — Lamond Pope, chicagotribune.com, 25 Mar. 2021
  • Gimenez, ranging over from second base, glove it and tried to make a jump throw to first.
    — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 19 June 2022
  • Peraza came in a few steps on the ball, then had to jump up and make a stabbing overhead grab to glove it.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 June 2022
  • On the night, the mogul paired black opera gloves with the pink gown at the event and accessorized her look with a silver necklace.
    — Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 11 Nov. 2023
  • Jiménez went back to the left-field wall, jumped and reached his arm and glove over the fence, rupturing his left pectoral tendon.
    — Chicago Tribune Staff, chicagotribune.com, 23 Dec. 2021
  • There was a moment in the second period when the puck was loose and the crease was crowded, but Bernier bellyflopped to glove the puck.
    — Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 17 Mar. 2021
  • Instead, Altuve short-hopped his throw to Gurriel, who couldn’t glove it.
    — Matt Young, Houston Chronicle, 12 Oct. 2020
  • Kuraly sprang from the box and went on a two-on-one break with Lindholm, who cleaned up a Kuraly shot that Hutchinson couldn’t glove.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 23 Oct. 2019
  • Second baseman Brock Holt jumped to glove the ball and flipped it to first, where David Price was covering.
    — USA TODAY, 30 Sep. 2017
  • In the eighth, Braves catcher Sean Murphy hit what appeared to be a routine fly to the outfield, and Suzuki reached up to glove the ball.
    — Chantz Martin, Fox News, 27 Sep. 2023
  • With two runners aboard and two outs, Muncy bounced a ball to the right of second base, and shortstop Brandon Crawford went a long way to glove it.
    — John Shea, SFChronicle.com, 18 June 2019
  • The Aztecs nearly got out of the inning with a double-play, but Verdon couldn’t glove a low throw from third baseman Casey Schmitt for the third out.
    — Kirk Kenney, sandiegouniontribune.com, 26 May 2018
  • Filip Zadina had one of the better chances, firing a wrist shot from the left circle that Sorokin gloved.
    — Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 4 Mar. 2023
  • Goldschmidt, a three-time Gold Glove Award winner, somehow manage to glove the ball, keep his foot on the bag and pull his arm out of harm’s way to end the inning.
    — Mike Digiovanna Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2021
  • Altuve missed a grounder and could not glove a relay on a potential double play ball, gifting the A’s men on first and third with one out.
    — Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 July 2021
  • Bruce Maxwell paused off second base to see if Carlos Correa would glove a hard grounder.
    — Hunter Atkins, Houston Chronicle, 9 May 2018
  • Subban’s best stop was arguably his post-to-post glide to glove Darren Helm’s shot in the second period.
    — Phil Thompson, chicagotribune.com, 18 Apr. 2021
  • Jake McCabe let loose a shot from inside the blue line that Bernier appeared to easily track but failed on his attempt to glove it.
    — Eric Stephens, Orange County Register, 17 Mar. 2017
  • Playing shallow against the pitcher, Tauchman ran to the warning track and needed to twist his body at the last moment to glove the ball, then tumbled.
    — John Shea, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 June 2021
  • Catcher Kurt Suzuki could not glove an inside pitch that advanced the runners.
    — Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Sep. 2021
  • Pairing opera gloves with a dress is an old Hollywood staple.
    — Briannah Rivera, Seventeen, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Norton hustles, cleanly gloving the ball and pivoting to throw to first, while Calabrese charges down the line.
    — Men's Health, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Husso's best save among the five shots on net the Predators generated in the first 20 minutes was gloving a Roman Josi slap shot.
    — Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Sophomore shortstop Sebastian Murillo went to his knees to glove it.
    — Andrew Turner, latimes.com, 12 Apr. 2018
  • The Cubs racked up four hits against the right-hander in the second with the first, a leadoff double by Dansby Swanson, a ball that Wiemer ran down in straightaway center field but failed to glove.
    — Todd Rosiak, Journal Sentinel, 3 July 2023
  • Escobar hit a soft liner to the right of Max Muncy that Dodgers the first baseman failed to glove with a backhand stab, his first error in 65 games — 51 of them starts — at the position this season.
    — Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2021
  • During Fashion Week last September, the Row put models in lace cocktail dresses and long leather opera gloves with a simple pair of leather thong flip-flops.
    — Tara Gonzalez, Harper's BAZAAR, 23 June 2023

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