How to Use bounce off in a Sentence

bounce off

verb
  • How does the light bounce off it?
    — Eleni N. Gage, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 May 2026
  • The ball bounced off the plate and hit him in the right jaw.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2026
  • The ball bounced off the top of the fence for a three-run homer.
    — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 6 July 2026
  • Djokovic heard his name bouncing off the stands.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 29 May 2026
  • In the end, Pulisic didn’t need a lucky bounce off of his knee.
    — Paul Tenorio, New York Times, 1 June 2026
  • The waiter’s tray fell, hit my chest, bounced off and crashed to the floor.
    — Laura House, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Or that there’s a word for the way light bounces off the water in the canals?
    — Matt Ortile, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 June 2026
  • The ball bounced off a staircase just inside the foul pole.
    — CBS News, 27 Mar. 2026
  • The ball bounced off his glove, and Williamson's throw to first base went wide left.
    — Jason Ounpraseuth, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Messi had shots bounce off the post and crossbar in the first half.
    — CBS News, 22 Mar. 2026
  • The ball bounced off Canseco's head and over the right-field wall for a home run.
    — ABC News, 3 June 2026
  • Spruill’s car allegedly bounced off the tree and hit Elzein.
    — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Instead, the ball stayed in play and bounced off the angled sidewall.
    — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 15 May 2026
  • So, instead, ideas first bounced off Elisburg.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Maxey scrambles around one screen from Oubre, but Bridges bounces off it.
    — Fred Katz, New York Times, 15 May 2026
  • Scott’s throw home bounced off the pitcher’s mound and Trammell slid in with the game’s first run.
    — Matt Kawahara, Houston Chronicle, 19 Apr. 2026
  • Canseco, playing for the Rangers, whiffed on the catch, and the ball bounced off the top of his head for a homer.
    — Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 3 June 2026
  • Cunningham has drained those shots routinely, but this one was wide right and bounced off the rim.
    — Hunter Patterson, New York Times, 14 May 2026
  • The chant bounces off office buildings, train stations and arena walls.
    — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 8 June 2026
  • Zayn bounced off the rope and hit Gunther down to the floor as Rhodes moved out of the way.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 23 May 2026
  • The wafting smell of buttery grits floats in the air and the sound of oil crackling in pans bounces off concrete walls.
    — Delia Rose Sauer, Miami Herald, 11 June 2026
  • One of the bullets bounced off the parking lot and hit an 18-year-old in the foot, police said.
    — Maven Navarro, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 May 2026
  • Left unmarked just outside the penalty area, Félix sent a half-volley in on two bounces off the far post.
    — ABC News, 31 Mar. 2026
  • The ball bounced off Tinney, who picked it up and threw wide to first, allowing two runners to come home.
    — ABC News, 13 June 2026
  • Clayton Keller’s shot went wide of the net, but bounced off the end boards and straight to Marino, who buried it.
    — Jesse Granger, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2026
  • One big difference in padel isthat the player allows the ball to bounce off the glass wall before hitting it back.
    — Mindy Sink, Denver Post, 2 June 2026
  • Active sonar systems emit a pulse of sound into the water, which then bounces off the seafloor, creating an echo.
    — Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 8 May 2026
  • Light bounces off the pothos and strikes the phone’s sensor, which records numbers representing the color the phone sensed.
    — Douglas Goodwin, The Conversation, 1 June 2026
  • However, the ball bounced off Basallo’s gear and ricocheted away from the plate.
    — Liana Handler, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2026
  • Miller and Pessoa are a perfect match, have great chemistry on camera, and bounce off of each other with such ease.
    — Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 1 July 2026

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