: any of several games in which balls are rolled on a green or down an alley at an object or group of objects
Examples of bowling in a Sentence
She watches bowling on TV.
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Their nine district titles included girls bowling, boys basketball, girls soccer and baseball.
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Buddy Collings, Orlando Sentinel, 5 July 2024
What has bowling, arcade games, movies and glow golf all under one roof?
—Meredith G. White, The Arizona Republic, 22 June 2024
Each year, a roster of KU basketball alumni, along with former coaches and football players, return to Lawrence for a weekend of basketball, a celebrity dinner, and bowling night.
—Kylie Volavongsa, Kansas City Star, 14 June 2024
The District Social concept is to have a bar with plenty of connected entertainment option, ranging from an ax-throwing facility and mini-golf to an arcade with prizes to several smaller-than-usual bowling lanes.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 5 June 2024
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Buddy Collings, Orlando Sentinel, 5 July 2024
What has bowling, arcade games, movies and glow golf all under one roof?
—Meredith G. White, The Arizona Republic, 22 June 2024
Each year, a roster of KU basketball alumni, along with former coaches and football players, return to Lawrence for a weekend of basketball, a celebrity dinner, and bowling night.
—Kylie Volavongsa, Kansas City Star, 14 June 2024
The District Social concept is to have a bar with plenty of connected entertainment option, ranging from an ax-throwing facility and mini-golf to an arcade with prizes to several smaller-than-usual bowling lanes.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 5 June 2024
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“Bowling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bowling. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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bowling
noun
bowl·ing
ˈbō-liŋ 
1
: a game played by rolling balls so as to knock down pins set up at the far end of an alley
2
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