How to Use golf ball in a Sentence
golf ball
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These clumps may weigh as much as a few ounces, perhaps the weight of a golf ball.
—Dan Falk, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 May 2021
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For many years, the Aussie was a great driver of the golf ball and shaky with the flat stick.
—Vsin Staff, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2021
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Even with an expandable gastrointestinal tract, a snake can’t digest and break down a golf ball.
—Washington Post, 1 May 2021
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Their shiny green leaves grow to 2 to 3 inches long, and the flowers are bigger than golf balls, either cherry red or bright pink.
—Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 June 2024
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The elder McIlroy appeared to be fine, walking away after his son’s golf ball caromed off him.
—New York Times, 8 Apr. 2021
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Some neighborhoods near Orlando reported golf ball-sized hail.
—Fox News, 12 Apr. 2021
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The cover of the book has pictures of Yankee Stadium, horse racing and a golf ball, and that was Dad.
—Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 May 2021
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About the only thing lacking in Spieth’s performance was a failure to reach the second deck of the pavilion with his toss of the lucky golf ball.
—Dallas News, 14 May 2021
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Here’s his latest update, which explores how golf ball-sized shorebirds could be affected by the commission’s decision.
—Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2021
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Mickelson began a round with stirring implications and possibility as if his golf ball had been tossed in a dryer and someone thumbed the start button.
—Bryce Miller Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 May 2021
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Across the Gulf Coast states, including Alabama, golf ball size hail and damaging winds moved through the area, which produced damage.
—Max Golembo, ABC News, 1 Apr. 2021
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The outlet also reported golf ball-sized hail near Orlando, and damage to a hotel in Lakeland that had its roof partially ripped off by high winds.
—Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE.com, 12 Apr. 2021
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The weather service in Mobile got numerous reports of golf ball to baseball size hail in Baldwin County between 3 and 4 a.m.
—Leigh Morgan, al, 10 Apr. 2021
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The Eternal Jack suggested the Masters specifically and golf in general could tame big hitters by deadening the golf ball.
—Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 25 Mar. 2021
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The left side of his left hand had swollen to the size of a golf ball.
—Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 8 Nov. 2022
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But the golf ball tickled the edge of the hole and toppled in.
—New York Times, 17 June 2021
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The boys were 5 and 6 years old and used a 16-ounce steel bowl, about the size of a golf ball.
—BostonGlobe.com, 23 Sep. 2021
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On the young woman’s left hip was a patch of pink about the size of a golf ball.
—New York Times, 27 Apr. 2022
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Roll each piece into a ball about the size of golf balls.
—Sally Pasley Vargas, BostonGlobe.com, 2 May 2023
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Form the bison into 4 balls about the size of a golf ball.
—Tribune News Service, cleveland, 29 Aug. 2022
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Fresh yuzu is about the size of a golf ball, with a bumpy green and yellow skin.
—Cynthia Sass, Mph, Health.com, 15 Dec. 2021
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The crown is faceted for easy grip with golf gloves and calls to mind the dimples in a golf ball.
—Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 2 Aug. 2021
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There’s at least one golf ball down there that needs to be hauled out.
—Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2022
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The one who hits the golf ball the farthest while staying in the fairway will win the three points.
—Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 1 Feb. 2023
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Look for that width, as well as glowing eyes that seem to be the size of golf balls.
—Will Brantley, Field & Stream, 1 June 2023
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And not just the high school kid who carries your bag and cleans your golf ball.
—Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press, 20 June 2021
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Now, the golf ball lives in a drawer, a token from a wild night.
—Blake Toppmeyer, USA TODAY, 30 June 2022
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Among the items being thrown on the field were a bottle of mustard and a golf ball.
—Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 18 July 2022
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The lump, which was a little smaller than a golf ball, seemed strange to Fox.
—jessica Migala, SELF, 18 Oct. 2021
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The camera, together with the telescope’s optics, will have enough resolving power to see an object the size of a golf ball 15 miles away—or, equivalently, an object the size of the White House on the moon.
—Dan Falk, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 June 2024
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