How to Use bobble in a Sentence

bobble

1 of 2 verb
Definition of bobblenext
Synonyms for bobblenext
  • The catcher bobbled the ball.
  • Clement bobbled the ball jussssst as his foot nicked the back of the end line.
    — Drew Magary, GQ, 6 Feb. 2018
  • Roberts bobbled the ball, but the ruling on the field was a catch.
    — Drew Davison, star-telegram, 18 Dec. 2017
  • The Highlanders bobbled the snap on the extra point and the Owls kept a 7-6 lead.
    — Kenzie Winstead, The Courier-Journal, 8 Sep. 2017
  • Moore bobbled it and then bounced the throw over to first base, where Healy couldn’t make the stop.
    — Ryan Divish, The Seattle Times, 30 Mar. 2019
  • In the 22nd minute, the U.S. bobbled the ball around quite a bit as Lloyd's first attempt was blocked.
    — Jenna West, SI.com, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Looking through all the frames, Njoku doesn’t bobble the catch at all.
    — cleveland, 4 Jan. 2021
  • Your arms were like strings and your head bobbled on your neck.
    — New York Times, 17 Mar. 2020
  • Joey Gallo bobbled the ball, but picked it up and threw home.
    — Jeff Wilson, star-telegram, 5 Apr. 2018
  • Jackson fired the ball and put it right on the hands of the receiver, who bobbled and then dropped the pass.
    — Mike Jones, USA TODAY, 6 May 2018
  • Floyd bobbled the ball and got only the force out at second.
    — Chris Kaltenbach, baltimoresun.com, 16 Aug. 2019
  • But Beckham bobbled the ball, and all that was left was the force at second base.
    — Jon Meoli, baltimoresun.com, 19 Apr. 2018
  • Samuel bobbled the ball, but he’s hammered by Diggs and knocked the ball away.
    — oregonlive, 11 Nov. 2019
  • Kiké Hernández made the stop but bobbled the ball and wasn’t able to get a force at second base.
    — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 15 July 2023
  • Haase lined a ball to short stop and Jeremy Peña bobbled the ball, and Greene scored, giving the Tigers a 3-2 lead.
    — Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free Press, 5 Apr. 2023
  • Rodriguez’s screen pass to the right was bobbled, and the ball landed in Flanagan’s hands.
    — David Carrillo Peñaloza, Daily Pilot, 22 Sep. 2017
  • But Kipnis bobbled the ball and threw to second for just one out as Sanchez scored.
    — Paul Hoynes, cleveland.com, 4 July 2017
  • Blue Jays third baseman Yangervis Solarte bobbled a grounder and Jones beat the throw to first. ...
    — George Sipple, Detroit Free Press, 29 June 2018
  • Morgan bobbled it and Kemp scored from third on the 60-foot RBI single.
    — Andy McCullough, latimes.com, 29 May 2018
  • Then on third down, Trubisky’s pass was again off the mark, and Tarik Cohen bobbled and dropped it.
    — Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, 16 Sep. 2019
  • In the final leg of the relay, things got off to a rough start as USC bobbled the baton handoff.
    — Jenna West, SI.com, 9 June 2018
  • Lindahl bobbles the ball and Alex Morgan was right there.
    — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 20 June 2019
  • At the same time, Laureano bobbled the baseball in right.
    — Chandler Rome, Houston Chronicle, 11 Sep. 2019
  • Then, after a Justin Lavey ground ball to the second baseman was bobbled, Alex Binelas scored to cut the lead to one run.
    — Cameron Teague Robinson, The Courier-Journal, 20 June 2019
  • Turner bobbled it but threw him out by a couple of steps.
    — Houston Mitchell, latimes.com, 28 Oct. 2017
  • Trim had bobbled a ball for an error in the sixth on what looked like a certain double play.
    — Mike Hutton, chicagotribune.com, 8 May 2018
  • Jose Altuve bobbled it, sank to the dirt and came up empty-handed.
    — Hunter Atkins, Houston Chronicle, 27 June 2018
  • The Blazers got as far as the 9-yard line but the snap was bobbled on a 26-yard field goal attempt and the Blazers were unable to get the kick off.
    — AL.com, 28 Oct. 2017
  • Running toward the middle of the field, Pearsall leaped and caught the ball across his body and over his head with his right hand, not even bobbling it.
    — Ryan Morik, Fox News, 24 Sep. 2023
  • Top 1 - Trea Turner gets on base on a hard hit ball that is bobbled by Correa.
    — Tim Brown, oregonlive, 22 Oct. 2019
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bobble

2 of 2 noun
  • The curtains have a series of bobbles along the edge.
  • Chain in two and create your bobble in the space next to your chain.
    — Mariah Thomas, Good Housekeeping, 31 Oct. 2022
  • His bobble of a dribbler allowed the third run to score.
    — Dallas News, 20 Aug. 2022
  • Insert the hook into the top of the last bobble in the previous round.
    — Mariah Thomas, Good Housekeeping, 31 Oct. 2022
  • Chen fell once and had bobbles on other jumps and moves.
    — Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2018
  • Curves and rises slide beneath the i7 with nary a bobble.
    — Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver, 28 June 2023
  • The only bobble occurred early in the climb, when McGuire bumped one of his knees on the ultra-steep stairs.
    — Brad Townsend, Dallas News, 20 June 2023
  • But then Pittsburgh fumbled, and the bobble was taken by Doug Dieken, enabling the Browns to move in for six points.
    — Rich Exner, cleveland, 26 Nov. 2019
  • His momentary bobble ensured Yelich would score to tie the game.
    — Henry Schulman, SFChronicle.com, 12 July 2019
  • On a 4 on 4, Gustafson gets a breakaway after taking a bobble from James Stefan, who has to take him down.
    — Dylan Bumbarger, oregonlive, 20 Mar. 2022
  • Godwin caught the pass with shades of Odell Beckham, hauling it in on the bobble and landing for the score with a defensive back in his face.
    — Jeremy Woo, SI.com, 10 Sep. 2017
  • Why even bother with goalies and beaters and all the other Seussian bits and bobbles that comprise a Quidditch match?
    — Erik Kain, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Panik’s bobble allowed pitcher Zach Davies to score the game-tying run after Davies doubled to left field with one out in the fifth.
    — Kerry Crowley, The Mercury News, 13 July 2019
  • The officials ultimately ruled that the bobble upon hitting the ground was enough to negate the catch.
    — Andrew Joseph, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2017
  • Central Catholic’s Cami Rueda overcame a bobble on the balance beam by sticking a clean Yurchenko pike on the vault for a 9.575 score.
    — Kat Cornetta, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Feb. 2023
  • Her bobble on her opening combination forced her to ditch the second jump, then add it on the fly later in the program.
    — Dave Skretta, chicagotribune.com, 21 Feb. 2018
  • But outside of some light bobbles and false starts in Live in London, the pair’s musical and comedic chemistry is as sharp as ever.
    — Todd Vanderwerff, Vox, 5 Oct. 2018
  • Sister Jean got her own bobble-head doll, and a lot of love for her Loyola-Chicago basketball team.
    — Fox News, 5 Apr. 2018
  • Every bobble, or head that’s tilted a little too far back, or arm that’s not stick straight is a deduction.
    — Shaun Dreisbach, Glamour, 26 Jan. 2018
  • Most things we monogram are small bobbles that could easily get mixed up with someone else's.
    — Leslie Anne Tarabella, AL.com, 10 July 2017
  • With two outs in the 13th, Lexi Madrigal collected her third hit, advancing to second on a bobble.
    — Michael Osipoff, Post-Tribune, 3 June 2017
  • Rafael Devers ran in front of Hamilton on a Wendle chopper in the fifth, causing a Hamilton bobble and no play at first.
    — Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 27 June 2023
  • Despite his bobble, James, who entered with 15 career catches, was a bright spot.
    — Eric Branch, SFChronicle.com, 5 Nov. 2020
  • The refs ruled that the bobble was enough to be considered a fumble as Seferian-Jenkins made contact with the pylon, but that looked to be a stretch, at best.
    — Andrew Joseph, USA TODAY, 15 Oct. 2017
  • And that might have caused an unsettling front-end bobble at very high speeds that was not apparent when driving within the speed limit.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Aug. 2019
  • The bobble had echoes of the series of slips and skids during the Beijing Olympics last year, when Shiffrin failed to finish three individual events and was far off the podium in two others.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2023
  • Fister's solid work was spoiled by two pickoffs at second base and a bobble by Rougned Odor on a potential double-play grounder.
    — Jeff Wilson, star-telegram, 28 May 2018
  • An Asian family gathers around an elder; a bouquet of Mylar balloons tied to his wheelchair bobbles in the breeze.
    — Mike Sager, Esquire, 4 June 2015
  • Kagiyama, 18, and Uno, 24, both had a high degree of difficulty in their routines, but each made mistakes on his jumps, and against a skater at the peak of his talents like Chen, any bobble was one too many.
    — Juliet MacUr, New York Times, 10 Feb. 2022
  • Syria's star striker took two touches -- one to cushion the pass, the second a fortunate bobble -- before calmly drilling the ball high over Mathew Ryan in the Australian goal.
    — CNN, 10 Oct. 2017

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