How to Use slider in a Sentence

slider

noun
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  • The problem: The Red Sox didn’t offer at the slider in the eighth.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Ramírez struck out on the pitch in the fourth but spoiled Sears’ full-count slider in the fifth.
    — Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Apr. 2023
  • Drag the slider to the right and give your iPad around 30 seconds to shut down.
    — Dua Rashid / Gizmodo, Quartz, 29 Mar. 2024
  • Place a lettuce leaf on the bottom half of the slider rolls.
    — cleveland, 18 Jan. 2023
  • Betts struck out on a slider that was below and wide of the strike zone.
    — Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2023
  • Smith then took a sinker and a slider that were both well below the zone for a walk.
    — Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2024
  • Thompson has a fastball in the mid 80s with a mid to high 70s slider.
    — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Feb. 2024
  • There, tap Text Size and adjust the slider to make the text larger.
    — Popular Science, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Solano pulled a hanging slider over the wall in left with two outs in the second to give the Padres a 1-0 lead.
    — Miami Herald, 28 May 2024
  • Your guests will come for the sliders, stay for the pickled peppers.
    — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Martinez has a fastball that sits in the upper-90s as well as a slider and a split-change.
    — Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 9 Nov. 2022
  • The fastball and the splitter and the slider, that's really great to look down there and see.
    — The Arizona Republic, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Other than that, the slider/cutter and the fastball both have the same tunneling and looks the same most of the time to the plate.
    — Journal Sentinel, 10 May 2023
  • But the slider and a mid-90s sinker got away from Patiño, and three straight balls sent Short to first and Vierling home for a 2-0 lead.
    — Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 10 Sep. 2023
  • The sleek aluminum case has a loop for attaching it to a keyring and a slider to push out the USB-A plug.
    — Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Kershaw used a 73-mph curveball and an 88-mph slider to get the final two outs of the frame.
    — Janis Carr, Orange County Register, 25 July 2024
  • The slurve is well known, though, as a combination of a slider and a curve.
    — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2023
  • That’s where Cecconi’s mind went, dead set on a slider.
    — The Arizona Republic, 29 Aug. 2023
  • Seager and Jung both chased sliders outside the zone for strike three.
    — Shawn McFarland, Dallas News, 9 July 2023
  • Judge's home run came off Rangers pitcher Jesus Tinoco on a 1-1 slider that sat right in the heart of the plate.
    — Scott Thompson, Fox News, 5 Oct. 2022
  • But with two on and two out, Casas was frozen by a Brooks Raley slider to end the inning.
    — Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 22 July 2023
  • Above the music controls, tap the new mic icon and use the slider to turn the vocal volume up or down.
    — Chris Smith, BGR, 14 Dec. 2022
  • That ended when Guerrero came back from an 0-and-2 count to drive a slider over the fence in left field for his 24th homer.
    — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Sep. 2023
  • The inning changed when Singer struck out Travis Jankowski on a 3-2 slider.
    — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 22 June 2024
  • With two outs, Torkelson launched a slider over the left-center-field wall.
    — Miami Herald, 14 May 2024
  • His lone costly misstep came in the third, when Thomas drilled a slider into the seats with a man on to tie it at 2.
    — Patrick Stevens, BostonGlobe.com, 18 June 2023
  • The kitchen ends in a slider to a paver patio before the floor plan takes a sharp left into the dining space.
    — John R. Ellement, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Jan. 2023
  • The leaks also show off the fingerprint sensor on the side of the phone, as well as the OnePlus-style alert slider.
    — Emma Roth, The Verge, 18 Oct. 2023
  • From their seats behind home plate, Kenny and Paula watched James swing through a 1-0 slider out of the strike zone.
    — Andrew Golden, Washington Post, 8 July 2024
  • Gil’s slider has since transformed into a weapon for him.
    — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 25 July 2024

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