How to Use mitt in a Sentence

mitt

noun
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  • He can hold anything in those big mitts of his.
  • The team gave him a pair of oven mitts to wear on top of the gloves.
    — Laura Parker, The Atlantic, 16 May 2017
  • Edgell held his glove in the air, showing the ball was snug in his mitt.
    — Kyle Neddenriep, Indianapolis Star, 28 May 2018
  • Even in the event of a grill flare-up, these mitts will not catch fire or melt.
    — Moriah Mason, Southern Living, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Kemp swung, fouled it off and made contact with the mitt.
    — Chandler Rome, Houston Chronicle, 24 June 2018
  • Vázquez then tapped Mancini on the chest with his mitt.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 8 Apr. 2021
  • Henry turned off that new gospel to leave purely the sound of the mitts.
    — Tyler R. Tynes, Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2023
  • Dig out your dusty mitt, bring on the ghost runners and play ball.
    — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 29 Apr. 2020
  • The man, equipped with a mitt on his left hand, leaned back in his seat and reached to haul in the baseball.
    — Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 22 Oct. 2020
  • His hand looks like a baseball mitt that was used to catch a grenade.
    — Chris Korman, For The Win, 4 July 2018
  • Wearing an oven mitt, Eliza removed the treats from the oven.
    — Vincent T. Davis, San Antonio Express-News, 1 Nov. 2021
  • The crack of the bat, the pop of a fastball into a catcher’s mitt, the whining over Tim Tebow.
    — David Whitley, OrlandoSentinel.com, 19 Feb. 2018
  • A book becomes his mouth, and a baseball mitt and slinky his hand and arm.
    — Joanna Robinson, HWD, 15 Mar. 2017
  • These mitts are easy to use and clean and cover most of my forearms.
    — Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2023
  • Springer missed the breaking ball but clipped Ramos' mitt for a stroke of fortune.
    — Hunter Atkins, Houston Chronicle, 19 June 2018
  • Complete the leather-on-leather look with a fetching oven mitt.
    — Mackenzie Chung Fegan, Bon Appétit, 14 June 2021
  • Austin hit a bounder which filtered through Gandil’s mitt in the eighth.
    — Kori Rumore, chicagotribune.com, 26 Aug. 2020
  • But his throw home sailed high and off the mitt of catcher James McCann.
    — Rob Maaddi, Star Tribune, 5 Apr. 2021
  • But the final crack-me-up moment is Hilton puts on oven mitts to put a cold pan in the oven.
    — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 22 Jan. 2020
  • First, the mitt on his head … then, a fake-out underhand throw.
    — Diane J. Cho, Peoplemag, 12 Aug. 2022
  • Plus, when applied with a mitt, mousse is easy to control and blend.
    — Addie Morton, Southern Living, 4 Mar. 2024
  • Then get a good grip on both the pan and the plate using mitts or towels and flip the whole set-up away from you.
    — Sarah Jampel, Bon Appétit, 23 Sep. 2019
  • During warmups, a ball glanced off his first baseman’s mitt and struck him over the heart.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2023
  • Each of our 10 picks is like a mini spa day in a bottle for your mitts.
    — L.a. Hubilla, Peoplemag, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Tony Kemp shaded the sun with his mitt to reel in two high-arching fly balls.
    — Hunter Atkins, Houston Chronicle, 10 June 2018
  • Jeff Bridges First, the mitt on his head … then, a fake-out underhand throw.
    — Diane J. Cho, Peoplemag, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Freeman charged in and slid on both knees in his catch attempt, but the ball popped out of his mitt.
    — Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2023
  • In the Colorado clubhouse, Desmond treats his first baseman’s mitt with the love, care and pride of a first child.
    — Mark Kiszla, The Denver Post, 21 Feb. 2017
  • Opt for a mitt when applying a self-tanner to avoid awkward self-tanning hands.
    — Nora Colomer, Fox News, 17 May 2024
  • Pros are turning to temperature tracking pills, sweat-measurement patches, advanced cooling mitts and vests, and, yes, the occasional cold shower.
    — Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019

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