curveball
noun
curve·ball
ˈkərv-ˌbȯl 
: a slow or moderately fast baseball pitch thrown with spin to make it swerve downward and usually to the left when thrown from the right hand or to the right when thrown from the left hand
curveball
verb
Examples of curveball in a Sentence
The batter struck out on a curveball.
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After Xander Bogaerts was intentionally walked, Gibson bounced a 2-2 curveball to Jake Cronenworth that caromed to catcher Nick Fortes’ left.
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Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2025
One pitch later, Pete Alonso whacked a hanging curveball from Knack for a two-run homer.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2025
The Dodgers should have been out of the inning, but left-hander Landon Knack (2-2) hung a curveball up to Alonso, who put it into the left field seats for hist 10th homer of the year.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 25 May 2025
Warren recorded strikeouts via four pitches: curveball, four-seam fastball, sinker and sweeper.
—Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 21 May 2025
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Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2025
One pitch later, Pete Alonso whacked a hanging curveball from Knack for a two-run homer.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2025
The Dodgers should have been out of the inning, but left-hander Landon Knack (2-2) hung a curveball up to Alonso, who put it into the left field seats for hist 10th homer of the year.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 25 May 2025
Warren recorded strikeouts via four pitches: curveball, four-seam fastball, sinker and sweeper.
—Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 21 May 2025
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“Curveball.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/curveball. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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