How to Use foul tip in a Sentence

foul tip

noun
Definition of foul tipnext
  • Then there was that nasty foul tip on June 1 last year.
    — Dallas News, 30 Mar. 2022
  • Later on, in the top of the ninth, Maile took a foul tip directly off the mask.
    — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 14 July 2022
  • Posey's hand injury happened in the sixth when a foul tip appeared to catch him on the heel of the glove.
    — David Brandt, ajc, 5 July 2021
  • Catcher Tony Wolters took a foul tip off his left leg in the ninth inning and had to leave the game.
    — David Brandt, Star Tribune, 25 Aug. 2020
  • Posey has been out since July 4, when he was hurt by a foul tip.
    — Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 11 July 2021
  • Kelly took a foul tip off his toe in the first inning on May 13.
    — Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 24 May 2021
  • In early June, Stephenson was hit by a foul tip in the hand and broke his right thumb.
    — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 22 July 2022
  • Ramos, Tampa Bay's catcher, took a foul tip off the top of his left foot.
    — Ken Powtak, courant.com, 10 Sep. 2017
  • In the fourth, a Bregman foul tip appeared to glance off Murphy’s glove and catch him near the left ear.
    — Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 May 2021
  • But Soto came back with a strikeout of Abreu on a foul tip, then got Jimenez to ground out to Báez.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 8 July 2022
  • He was hit in the helmet by a pitch Friday and took a foul tip off his mask Tuesday.
    — Steve Herrick, Star Tribune, 17 June 2021
  • Kulpa was forced to leave the game in the ninth inning with two outs when he was hit in the mask by a foul tip off the bat of Matt Thaiss.
    — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 12 Sep. 2022
  • Both foul tips and backswings have effects that can linger.
    — Matthew Gutierrez, The Denver Post, 4 Sep. 2019
  • Garver bruised his left hand on a foul tip and left Thursday's game in the third inning.
    — Phil Miller, Star Tribune, 27 Mar. 2021
  • Hoskins was hit in the mouth by his own foul tip on Monday in Los Angeles.
    — Matt Breen, Philly.com, 1 June 2018
  • The Astros' three-hole hitter writhed in pain and held his left knee that absorbed a nasty foul tip.
    — Chandler Rome, Houston Chronicle, 20 Apr. 2018
  • With runners on second and third, C.J. Cron popped out to shortstop, then Duffy struck out on a foul tip.
    — George Sipple, Detroit Free Press, 2 May 2018
  • Kulpa, who was hit in the mask by a foul tip in the ninth inning Monday and left the game, did not work Tuesday’s or Wednesday’s games.
    — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 14 Sep. 2022
  • Kevan Smith was out for a little more than two weeks after being hit in the face mask with a foul tip on May 21.
    — Maria Torres, latimes.com, 8 July 2019
  • The 38-year-old Molina was hit by a foul tip during St. Louis’ season-high fourth straight loss, 5-2 to Cincinnati.
    — Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 6 June 2021
  • Catcher Christian Vasquez dropped a third-strike foul tip while transferring the ball from his glove to his bare hand.
    — New York Times, 27 Sep. 2021
  • In turn, catchers are inching closer to the plate to reduce the likelihood a foul tip hits them.
    — Matthew Gutierrez, courant.com, 4 Sep. 2019
  • Josh Donaldson struck out on a foul tip into Jake Rogers’ glove during the fourth.
    — Dana Gauruder, Detroit Free Press, 9 July 2021
  • In the third inning, catcher Juan Graterol took a foul tip off his mask and was unable to shake it off, also leaving the game.
    — Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 24 July 2019
  • Garver hasn't played since June 1, when he was struck by a foul tip in Baltimore and needed surgery.
    — Matt Carlson, Star Tribune, 19 July 2021
  • The 34-year-old catcher took an awkward shot to his glove hand on a foul tip by Daulton Varsho and tried to stay in the game but left after just one more pitch.
    — David Brandt, ajc, 5 July 2021
  • Catcher Vic Caratini caught a foul tip for the final out.
    — Richard J. Marcus, ajc, 27 Sep. 2021
  • The 34-year-old took an awkward shot to his glove hand on a foul tip by Arizona's Daulton Varsho and tried to stay in the game but left after just one more pitch.
    — José M. Romero, The Arizona Republic, 4 July 2021
  • Then on Thursday, a foul tip hit Stephenson’s right thumb and wiped away the momentum of his season.
    — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 9 June 2022
  • Home-plate umpire Pat Hoberg ruled it a foul tip, and the Padres asked for a replay review — but foul-tip calls are not reviewable.
    — Susan Slusser, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Apr. 2023

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