How to Use volleyball in a Sentence

volleyball

noun
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  • Part of the fun is the dramatic dimensions of the dessert, about the size of a volleyball.
    — New York Times, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Yes, the Cornhuskers’ volleyball match had even more fans in the stands than the Women’s World Cup.
    — Tim Chan, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Dec. 2023
  • The game is played with two teams of three players each on a playing field the size of a volleyball court.
    — oregonlive, 1 Feb. 2023
  • There’s a volleyball and basketball court, along with a playground for the kids and a dog park for the pups.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 14 Mar. 2024
  • Connor Lewis does not lead the Oak Lawn boys volleyball team in kills, blocks or digs.
    — Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Plan pool party games to get the whole group involved, or play a game of pool volleyball.
    — Leah Campano, Seventeen, 30 Jan. 2023
  • That’s probably where a 7-foot and 6-10 duo should go on the volleyball court.
    — Tim Meehan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 May 2024
  • Purdy spent much of his time on the football field, while Brandt was a setter for the volleyball team.
    — Alex Gurley, Peoplemag, 17 July 2023
  • The family used to have a sand volleyball court in their backyard in Texas.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Still, the school plans to have two basketball teams, a volleyball team and even a ski team this year, Riddle said.
    — Alena Naiden, Anchorage Daily News, 31 Aug. 2023
  • But today, parts of that same beach are barely as wide as a volleyball net.
    — Liam Stack, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2023
  • The Prosper volleyball team hasn’t lost a district match since 2021.
    — Greg Riddle, Dallas News, 18 Sep. 2023
  • The power had gone out in town that night, so instead of playing volleyball, the club went out to dinner.
    — Sadiba Hasan, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2023
  • The nearly 500-foot-wide beach has many users, from surfers and sun tanners to volleyball and soccer teams.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Jan. 2024
  • In October, the senior star stopped by Charlee's volleyball game to watch her play.
    — Zoey Lyttle, Peoplemag, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Brandt also competed in track and field and played on a club volleyball team.
    — Alex Gurley, Peoplemag, 20 Jan. 2023
  • Rockwell will head to the West Coast after high school to play beach volleyball at Stanford.
    — Paul Boyd, Arkansas Online, 25 Oct. 2022
  • The spherical creation is between the size of a softball and a volleyball.
    — Alex Chun, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Below are the stats for Dallas-area volleyball leaders (as of Sept. 13).
    — Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 13 Sep. 2023
  • The Patriots won another one in volleyball and Miller again sat on the bench.
    — Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 9 June 2024
  • From the San Diego Union-Tribune, a story on a 7-foot volleyball player.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2024
  • Dance together to the music, play volleyball, soccer, rent a kayak, and snorkel in the blue lagoon.
    — Noel Cody, Essence, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Sarah Sylvester, who is a scholarship volleyball player, joined the squad on Jan. 21.
    — Rachel Roberts, Idaho Statesman, 2 Feb. 2024
  • Favre's daughter played volleyball at the school starting in 2017.
    — Emily Wagster Pettus, ajc, 3 Jan. 2023
  • Favre’s daughter played volleyball at the school starting in 2017.
    — Emily Wagster Pettus, Fortune, 3 Jan. 2023
  • Oregon State volleyball coach Mark Barnard plans to retire at the end of the season following an 18-year run at the school.
    — oregonlive, 16 Nov. 2022
  • From late May until September, the beach is home to more than 30 volleyball nets.
    — Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 23 May 2024
  • When times got tough, River Hill (4-0, 3-0) played some of its best volleyball in the most critical points of the match, mostly at the service line.
    — Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 15 Sep. 2022
  • His attempt to ham it up as a real-life firefighter while putting on his gruff American accent got a laugh out of me, as did his immediately passing out when confronted with the volleyball girl’s disgusting leg injury.
    — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2024
  • According to her obituary, Libby was involved in softball, volleyball, soccer and swimming.
    — Jenny Porter Tilley, The Indianapolis Star, 29 Oct. 2024

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