: 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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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.
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Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 5 June 2024
The bowling tournament awards ceremony, which often featured performances by Manic Hispanic, became a full-on show, and the seeds of the festival were sown.
—Jim Ruland, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2024
This year, Ethan has participated in bocce ball, plane pull, basketball, bowling, and this week will do the Polar Plunge!
—Shari Rudavsky, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Mar. 2024
There’s plenty of action inside — like hyper bowling and dartball games — but The New Fashioned’s patios are perfect for sunny-day fun outdoors, too.
—Rachel Bernhard, Journal Sentinel, 11 June 2024
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Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 5 June 2024
The bowling tournament awards ceremony, which often featured performances by Manic Hispanic, became a full-on show, and the seeds of the festival were sown.
—Jim Ruland, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2024
This year, Ethan has participated in bocce ball, plane pull, basketball, bowling, and this week will do the Polar Plunge!
—Shari Rudavsky, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Mar. 2024
There’s plenty of action inside — like hyper bowling and dartball games — but The New Fashioned’s patios are perfect for sunny-day fun outdoors, too.
—Rachel Bernhard, Journal Sentinel, 11 June 2024
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“Bowling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bowling. Accessed 7 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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