Dribble

//ˈdɹɪ.bɫ̩//

"Dribble" in a Sentence (18 examples)

Tom can't dribble a basketball very well.

Tom doesn't know how to dribble a ball.

I don't know how to dribble a basketball.

Ziri picked up a ball and started to dribble it around the court.

But now its football team has quietly proven to be a tough squad made up of players who can dribble, pass, shoot and most importantly wear down opponents.

At the Ishikawa Oku Laboratory there has been amazing progress in that direction, such as a robot that can catch a falling egg without breaking it, another one that can tie a knot, and a robot that may not be quite ready for the NBA, but is able to dribble a ball.

Every little drop and dribble of news about him — and they have been mere drops and dribbles since he retired — has made headlines.

The fountain was in a grotto-like nook, where benches of cement decked with scallop shells were set round a basin with the figures of two small boys in it bestriding that of a lamb, all employed in letting the water dribble from their mouths.

How fast can you dribble a basketball?

He managed to dribble past all the defenders.

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The baby dribbled onto its bib.

Denny slid over a couple of steps and swung feebly at it. The ball hit the wooden frame of his racket and dribbled into the net.

Derrick's hand passed along the plate while the catcher flipped and fell on his back in a huge cloud of dust. The ball went dribbling toward the backstop.

After two minutes and 25 seconds, he scored with a pea-roller that totally foxed Stoke keeper Dennis Herod and dribbled in off a post.

let her [the cook] follow him softly with a ladle full, and dribble it all the way up stairs to the dining-room

Your pieces are amateur at best—at worst they are a commercial hoax—something you’d find at Kmart for the kids to take back to their dorms. Frankly, I’m shocked you would waste my time with this dribble. You are no artist, my dear.

“Are these mangers also called ‘Labor Camps’? Those baby production lines Hitler set up to produce a race of pure bloods.” / “No,” said Ute, openly irritated at the remark. She looked over at Captain Browder, saying with her eyes, “Do we have to keep on with this dribble?” / Browder broke in, “Trank, let’s cut out this insignificant ramble. Let’s go straight to the subject of mangers where girls can give birth in secret.”

I’ve returned everything that I borrowed and then some, but it never sat well with her father and he disowned her right along with me. Michael, did you know that I’m low life scum? Well, that’s what he called me the last time we were together. I apologize, I should never have bothered you with this dribble.

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