How to Use umpire in a Sentence

umpire

1 of 2 noun
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Synonyms for umpirenext
  • Bluestein, as an umpire, should stick to balls and strikes.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 13 Jan. 2024
  • The threat of rain relayed by the grounds crew to the umpires is often enough for the roof to be closed.
    — Journal Sentinel, 5 July 2023
  • Williams’s return of the shot had been wide, and the umpire ruled that the point would not be replayed.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 3 July 2023
  • The noise was loud enough that the umpire had to make an announcement.
    — Anthony Gharib, USA TODAY, 9 July 2023
  • When a challenge is made, the umpire starts a 15-second timer.
    — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 30 July 2023
  • But home plate umpire Mark Carlson called the pitch ball four.
    — Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2023
  • When Phelps callls the runner safe, the Abilene coach walks up to the umpire and gets in his face.
    — Matt Young, Chron, 12 Apr. 2022
  • That was when Herrera stepped in, blocking the umpire’s path.
    — Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 30 May 2022
  • Mark Ripperger, the right field umpire, signaled that the ball was in play.
    — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 11 Oct. 2022
  • The umpire calls balls and strikes, and the hitter, catcher or pitcher challenges a call.
    — Robert Hawley, ABC News, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Semien took a long walk to the dugout, even pointing at his eyes while glaring toward the umpire.
    — Stephen Hawkins, ajc, 16 June 2023
  • During a changeover in the match, Sakkari noted a peculiar smell to the chair umpire.
    — Cydney Henderson, USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2023
  • The Great never had an umpire run his fingers through his hair.
    — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 10 Sep. 2022
  • After a foul ball, Hill threw a changeup that was called a strike by umpire Jim Wolf.
    — Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Aug. 2022
  • Chief umpire Walter Bentson got a little assist on his way to the plate.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Oct. 2022
  • The umpire has the discretion to give you time if something like that happens.
    — Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 10 Sep. 2022
  • With a robot umpire, will this theory of the strike zone change?
    — Cari Shane, Discover Magazine, 27 Apr. 2022
  • There was LaQuica Hawkins, wearing all black, the stoic umpire.
    — Eric Sondheimer columnist follow, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2022
  • Roberts once famously compared judges to umpires who call balls and strikes, but don’t make the rules.
    — Mark Sherman, Fortune, 2 Jan. 2024
  • When first base umpire Dan Merzel ruled that Judge held up, Bradish mimicked the swing attempt back at him.
    — Nathan Ruiz, Baltimore Sun, 29 June 2023
  • Profar tossed his bat and began his trot to first, but he was ruled to have swung by third-base umpire Todd Tichenor.
    — Creg Stephenson | [email protected], al, 22 Oct. 2022
  • The second would be to give each team a certain number of challenges to overrule the umpire.
    — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 14 May 2022
  • In fact, Shapovalov hit a chair umpire and was fined $7,000.
    — New York Times, 30 Mar. 2022
  • On the upper left hand side of the screen during the derby, the umpire would hold up his hand when a pitcher was supposed to wait for the ball to drop.
    — Xl Media, cleveland, 19 July 2022
  • The umpire disagreed, ruling him safe and allowing Garfield to close its deficit to 2-1.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2022
  • Or when an umpire passes Nevin on the field and says that son of his, that Tyler, is a credit to his profession.
    — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 8 July 2022
  • Vitello tried to grab the bat from an umpire initially.
    — Mike Wilson, USA TODAY, 2 Apr. 2022
  • Second base umpire Laz Diaz took over behind home plate for the rest of the ninth inning.
    — Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2022
  • His daughter, Colleen Bartow, said her father loved watching football and baseball, and spent years as an umpire at Little League games.
    — Sam Stanton, Sacramento Bee, 2 Apr. 2024
  • The harmonic convergence reached to those legislating the game, with two umpires from each country.
    — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Mar. 2024
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umpire

2 of 2 verb
  • Moore came home and began umpiring high school games in the South Bay in 2011.
    — Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2023
  • An avid lover of baseball, West used to umpire baseball games on the base outside of work.
    — Ellie Kaufman, CNN, 12 Sep. 2021
  • Two runners came home on the play, but umpires sent one back to third because the ball got stuck behind the tarp sitting on the field.
    — Jeff Fletcher, Orange County Register, 19 May 2017
  • His 40 seasons umpiring in the majors are the most by any umpire.
    — Rich Rovito, The Seattle Times, 30 June 2017
  • The Cubs and Rockies threw stones until the bitter end, even after being warned by the umpiring crew to knock it off.
    — Mark Kiszla, The Denver Post, 12 June 2019
  • It was made worse by the umpiring crew reversing a third-out call in the outfield and bringing him back from the dugout in the second inning.
    — Jon Meoli, baltimoresun.com, 28 Aug. 2019
  • Plus, he’s been umpiring and training umpires in fast-pitch softball for the past 18 years.
    — Kyle Stackpole, Howard County Times, 7 July 2018
  • But something changed in the seven years since the last woman gave minor-league umpiring a shot.
    — Shawn Windsor, Detroit Free Press, 23 Feb. 2018
  • No woman has ever umpired in the 140-plus years of major league baseball.
    — Shawn Windsor, Detroit Free Press, 23 Feb. 2018
  • Then Mookie Betts took a 1-0 slider just off the outer edge of the plate, according to umpire Lance Barrett.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 8 Oct. 2020
  • The biggest adjustment, managers say, is getting used to the idea that the umpiring crews no longer are in charge of controlling the game.
    — Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2023
  • Now, a little over two months removed from his first day of training, Moser has umpired nine youth baseball games.
    — Parth Upadhyaya, The Denver Post, 16 June 2019
  • Two years after his life changed, Joyce was readying to umpire home plate in San Francisco.
    — Anthony Fenech, Detroit Free Press, 2 June 2020
  • The Blue Jays challenged the call, asking the umpiring crew to review for fan interference.
    — Rustin Dodd, kansascity, 20 Sep. 2017
  • Credit goes to Giménez for not pushing back and starting a brawl and to umpire Bill Miller for restoring peace quickly and not ejecting Eaton in the first inning.
    — Paul Sullivan, chicagotribune.com, 21 Apr. 2021
  • Boone was ejected by West, umpiring at third base, for arguing balls and strikes during a 7-2 win over the Toronto Blue Jays.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Sep. 2019
  • Don also umpired for many baseball and softball leagues.
    — Hartford Courant, courant.com, 27 Apr. 2018
  • After being called out, Machado turned in protest, said a few words to umpire Bill Welke without a hint of negative body language, and got thrown out of the game.
    — Bruce Jenkins, SFChronicle.com, 28 June 2019
  • Gary and Matthew Martin were chosen by their peers at Cooperstown to umpire the championship game.
    — Pomerado News, 30 Aug. 2017
  • But to me, umpiring is an integral part of the game, obviously.
    — Paul Sullivan, chicagotribune.com, 5 Apr. 2018
  • And then the brain trust in New York overturned the call, which led to Gardenhire rushing the umpiring crew, kicking dirt onto the plate (a strong throwback move) and being ejected.
    — Si.com Staff, SI.com, 2 Apr. 2018
  • While Arcia made a wild throw on the second after Machado clipped a knee with a hand, umpires called a double play following a video review.
    — Ronald Blum, The Seattle Times, 23 Oct. 2018
  • When the chair umpire Damian Steiner announced the tiebreaker at 12-12, the crowd murmured in excited approval.
    — Ben Rothenberg, New York Times, 28 June 2021
  • He was stopped by the umpiring crew on his way in from the bullpen in the top of the seventh inning -- and after an inspection, he was immediately ejected.
    — Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 14 June 2023
  • As for Montgomery, well, his mind was drifting to the bigger picture after the game about the future of umpiring altogether.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Sep. 2019
  • His father was a coal miner who often umpired local baseball games.
    — Matt Schudel, Washington Post, 7 June 2018
  • The real lesson was umpiring — specifically, how not to do it.
    — Bruce Jenkins, SFChronicle.com, 28 June 2019
  • Hernandez's umpiring crew concluded that the Rays didn't gain any advantage from the lineup shuffle, so Kolarek was put in the No.
    — Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 24 July 2019
  • Wednesday night wasn’t the first time Mattingly has been critical of umpiring this season.
    — Wells Dusenbury, sun-sentinel.com, 18 July 2019
  • Before third base coach Kyle Hudson could urge him to continue toward the plate, umpire Jansen Visconti was already pointing him back to third.
    — Joe Noga, cleveland, 18 May 2022

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