(Baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity.
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Examples for "smoke "
Examples for "smoke "
1 Clouds of smoke hovered low in the air; the firing was incessant.
2 He lost his scalp; it hangs in the smoke of my wigwam.
3 A tiny trail of smoke curled up; and faded in the blue.
4 It took the Bayleys years of work to restore the smoke - stained remains.
5 The house gave no sign; even the smoke from the chimney stopped.
1 The orchids need the Euglossine bees, for the usual 'magic bullet ' reasons.
2 It was clear, however, that only one bullet had struck the President.
3 He received a bullet in the chest and another in the abdomen.
4 A second worker had a bullet graze through his chin, said police.
5 One policeman died of bullet wounds, among five people injured, authorities said.
1 The furnace and hot water heater were in several feet of water.
2 If Rayne had it right, she wouldn't need to use her heater .
3 Adding to the problems, the heater controls are via a separate screen.
4 The water heater was cold and waiting for someone to light it.
5 He insulated his water pipes and installed an instant hot water heater .
1 Who needs a fastball when your receivers can get this wide open?
2 Bryant swung at a first-pitch fastball and grimaced, favoring his right side.
3 My chest felt like I'd taken a major-league fastball in the sternum.
4 Bryant pulled an inside fastball for his 18th homer of the season.
5 His fastball cracks the upper-90s and his slider's only a slightly slower.
1 The question was whether she would have time for a quick hummer .
2 He's sure a hummer , all right, when he chooses to play straight.
3 And when your first vacation comes we'll make it a hummer .
4 Spears had called the turn when he said the trip would be a hummer .
5 Robert Grant Burns himself had mentally called it a hummer .
6 I made Ophir, and by God, she was a sure hummer - Ibegyour pardon.
7 The hummer he'd been following came down on its side to Gruen's left, wheels burning.
8 He would make a hummer of a salesman, if I am any judge of men.
9 You're certainly a hummer from the word go, and I reckon we'd better go home.
10 His car is what he calls a hummer .
11 I'm going to make you a regular hummer .
12 She certainly could sit her horse, was his thought, and she was a sure enough hummer .
13 If the Rube takes his wife on that trip it's goin' to be an all-fired hummer .
14 She's a sure hummer when she gets started.
15 Three long hearty cheers, lads, and a hummer !
16 A hummer promptly arrives 35 minutes later.
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