It's hard to hit a curveball.
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Curveball
Synonyms for "curveball" (7 found)
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1 entriesTranslations
12 translations across 8 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- llançament de corba noun (pitch in baseball)
French
1 entries- balle courbe noun (pitch in baseball)
German
1 entries- Curveball noun (pitch in baseball)
Japanese
1 entries- カーブボール noun (pitch in baseball)
Korean
1 entries- 커브볼 noun (pitch in baseball)
Polish
2 entries- podkręcona piłka noun (pitch in baseball)
- zwrot noun (unexpected turn of events)
Portuguese
1 entries- bola curva noun (pitch in baseball)
Spanish
4 entries- ajuaishte noun (pitch in baseball)
- algo inesperado noun (unexpected turn of events)
- algo no anticipado noun (unexpected turn of events)
- bola curva noun (pitch in baseball)
Sample sentences
20 total sentences available.
He's a master at the curveball.
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Where'd you learn to throw that curveball?
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When the lanes are dry like this, a curveball ends up in the gutter.
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