How to Use big league in a Sentence

big league

noun
  • Broadway is the big leagues, and for big bucks theatergoers expect professionalism.
  • And these are good big league players.
    Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Sims has played in 263 big league games.
    Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Nov. 2025
  • Or just head straight for the caffeine big leagues.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Dec. 2025
  • Sánchez was in big league camp with the Yanks this past spring.
    Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 7 June 2026
  • Bubic failed again to get a win in his third big league start.
    Joe Kay, Star Tribune, 11 Aug. 2020
  • There are a lot of big league clubs that don't put any effort.
    David Troy, FOXNews.com, 16 May 2026
  • That may be his best path to making a big league club next year.
    Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
  • For a guy with eight big league outings, just one of them a start.
    Evan Grant, Dallas News, 15 Mar. 2021
  • Kuhnel has pitched in 82 big league games.
    Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025
  • The matchup with the Twins was his fourth start with his ninth big league team.
    Patrick Donnelly, ajc, 24 Apr. 2021
  • Benge would not quietly in his first big league game.
    Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Brown doubled for his first big league hit in the Dodgers’ loss.
    Beth Harris, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2025
  • His office is a big league ballpark.
    Ren Clayton, CBS News, 23 June 2026
  • That’s a very normal course of events in big league baseball.
    Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes, 5 May 2022
  • But in the top of the third, Cole dug in for his first big league at-bat.
    Dan Freedman, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • That’s the cost of big league improvement.
    Shawn McFarland, Dallas Morning News, 27 Feb. 2026
  • That’s the cost of big league improvement.
    Shawn McFarland, Dallas Morning News, 4 Mar. 2026
  • That’s the cost of big league improvement.
    Shawn McFarland, Dallas Morning News, 3 Mar. 2026
  • That’s the cost of big league improvement.
    Shawn McFarland, Dallas Morning News, 6 Mar. 2026
  • That’s the cost of big league improvement.
    Shawn McFarland, Dallas Morning News, 1 Mar. 2026
  • That’s the cost of big league improvement.
    Shawn McFarland, Dallas Morning News, 2 Mar. 2026
  • That’s the cost of big league improvement.
    Shawn McFarland, Dallas Morning News, 24 Feb. 2026
  • That’s the cost of big league improvement.
    Shawn McFarland, Dallas Morning News, 26 Feb. 2026
  • That’s the cost of big league improvement.
    Shawn McFarland, Dallas Morning News, 25 Feb. 2026
  • That’s the cost of big league improvement.
    Shawn McFarland, Dallas Morning News, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Then came his first big league promotion.
    Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 3 Apr. 2026
  • The 30-year-old has pitched in 143 big league games.
    Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • There are bound to be a few teams willing to give him a shot on a small big league deal.
    Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The fourth big league game for the Angels' top prospect was a rough one.
    Schuyler Dixon, Star Tribune, 9 Aug. 2020

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