"ball" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Meyers and his band played at the inaugural ball.
- They were one of the bands that played at the inaugural ball of President Warren Harding.
- Previously any number of players could play at the ball, and by 1925 play-the-balls had become a real mess.
- The aim is to entice the batsman to play at the ball with the bat away from the body ('fishing outside off-stump').
- The umpire considered that Revill was still "playing at the ball", and he was dismissed "hit wicket".
- His honors included playing at the 1957 inaugural ball of President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
- The change of wrist action can be seen by a skilled batsman and the change of spin allowed for when playing a shot at the ball.
- Tackles are made by placing the stick into the path of the ball or playing the stick head or shaft directly at the ball.
- This was probably written in the twelfth century, although the precise date is not known: "Four and twenty bonny boys, were playing at the ball.
- Count Basie is playing at the ball when Fella makes his grand entrance.
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