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curve ball

NOUN
  1. a pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batter

How To Use curve ball In A Sentence

  • Some guys can hit a curve ball.
  • About the time this outcry was gathering momentum, a curve ball landed like a left hook.
  • It's the kind of film with a curve ball around every corner, so writing about it in any depth is problematic.
  • The outcurve, the drop, down shoot, and so on, are simply a curve ball to the professional player. The Neyer/James Guide To Pitchers
  • Her professor had begun the course with an intellectual curve ball.
  • No curve balls or surprises from the Fed, boosting rates for the fourth time this year.
  • I had what is called a sidearm curve ball—palm down. The Neyer/James Guide To Pitchers
  • Ballistics influences many fields of study ranging from analyzing a curve ball to developing missile guidance systems.
  • I got a bunch of hardcore punk, ska and reggae playing guys and threw them the curve ball.
  • He's flexible, and he can handle life's curve balls without throwing a fit.
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