How to Use bouncer in a Sentence

bouncer

noun
  • The batter hit a bouncer to the shortstop.
  • He’s just been shown the door by the bouncers.
    — Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • There was no bouncer at the club to ask for help.
    — R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Stronger than the bouncer who threw you out of the club that one time.
    — Michael Harriot, The Root, 6 Sep. 2017
  • Zarate makes a tough play on a bouncer to second for an out.
    — Caleb Yum, Austin American Statesman, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Nir was carried to the beach and the bouncer climbed on top of her.
    — Jason Sheeler, PEOPLE.com, 31 July 2020
  • The pierced and tattooed bouncer who opens it gives me a once-over.
    — Marjorie Kehe, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Oct. 2017
  • But the bouncer wasn’t buying it.
    — Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 1 Dec. 2025
  • Hit a high bouncer to short and easily beat it out with his speed.
    — Tom Green, AL.com, 15 Apr. 2018
  • Cruz was working as a bouncer for the bar at the time of the shooting.
    — Adam Ferrise, cleveland, 22 Mar. 2021
  • What did bikini-woman even say to the bouncer to get through?
    — Shannon Barbour, Cosmopolitan, 12 Mar. 2018
  • The line between his work as a bouncer and his life in the suburbs blurred.
    — Jesse Hyde, Rolling Stone, 4 Jan. 2025
  • Your nose twins are like two bouncers standing in front of a busy nightclub.
    — Gwen Rockwood The Rockwood Files, arkansasonline.com, 3 Oct. 2024
  • The bouncers locked the doors and rolled down a garage door-style window opening.
    — The Enquirer, 17 Mar. 2024
  • Madrigal hit a bouncer back to the pitcher.
    — Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 11 June 2026
  • His face shifts back to serious bouncer face.
    — Danielle Parker, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
  • The club’s staff fought back when the youths tried to throw glass bottles at the bouncer and force their way in.
    — Peter Aitken, Fox News, 29 July 2023
  • Neto ended the inning with a nice play on a bouncer to his left.
    — Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 23 Feb. 2026
  • All that's missing is the hair pulling and the 300-lb bouncer.
    — Fox News, 28 Mar. 2018
  • Even some hard-core rock bouncers have made the switch to IFS.
    — Mike Sutton, Car and Driver, 17 Apr. 2020
  • Nolan Jones opened the inning with a bouncer to Cordero at first.
    — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 27 July 2022
  • Thomspon, whose swing-and-miss rates were a concern in the spring, hit a hard bouncer to third.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 9 Apr. 2023
  • Your headline needs to work like a bouncer at an exclusive club.
    — Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • This same scenario played out at the club when bouncers checked my ID.
    — Kb Brookins, Them, 26 Nov. 2024
  • Police said Chase punched a bouncer in the face, starting a fight.
    — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 5 Apr. 2024
  • The driver shouldn’t have to bear the burden of being the bouncer.
    — Karina Elwood, orlandosentinel.com, 26 June 2019
  • At the door, a hulking bouncer warns people not to snort their pills in the parking lot.
    — Faith Karimi, CNN, 3 Feb. 2023
  • Clem allegedly pulled out a firearm and pointed it at the left side of a bouncer’s head.
    — Kansas City Star, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Neto then simply whiffed on a bouncer up the middle.
    — Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 19 May 2026
  • Allen followed with his bouncer up the middle, and Yurt made the play of the game.
    — Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 28 May 2022

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