How to Use bowler in a Sentence

bowler

noun
  • But he is best known for his skill as a bowler.
    — Laurence Miedema, Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2026
  • How about giving your best bowlers the new ball?
    — Tim Spiers, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Less sidearm; more facing bowlers.
    — Sam Dalling, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Here’s how some loyal bowlers marked the last weekend at the lanes.
    — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2023
  • After a bowler completes an over, the fielding team must switch bowlers.
    — Peter Rauterkus, Dallas News, 12 July 2023
  • Like many high-level bowlers, top-notch ax throwers bring their own equipment.
    — Brion O'Connor, BostonGlobe.com, 7 July 2023
  • While this cache might be a bowler's dream, the balls won't be making their way to the lanes anytime soon.
    — Kyle Davidson, Detroit Free Press, 12 July 2021
  • In this case, that has meant no bowler hats, no bentwood chairs, no fishnet stockings.
    — Adrienne Miller, Vogue, 5 Mar. 2024
  • The first 11 strikes were where a right-hand bowler wants the ball, hitting the head pin and three pin.
    — Randy McRoberts, baltimoresun.com, 15 Dec. 2020
  • But neither was named as the best bowler on the team according to a few players.
    — Tony Garcia, Detroit Free Press, 17 May 2022
  • The anecdote ended with the bowler giving the pin boy a quarter.
    — John Kelly, Washington Post, 17 June 2023
  • Perez is an accomplished bowler with 12 perfect games on his record.
    — Abraham Nudelstejer, Dallas News, 14 May 2023
  • Sajid Khan also scored freely to maintain pressure on the bowlers from the home team.
    — ABC News, 19 May 2026
  • In the first, the dog, wearing a small bowler hat, sits at a table, surrounded by flames.
    — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2023
  • Some bowlers are just smiling assassins.
    — Paul Newman, New York Times, 19 Nov. 2025
  • Keoghan is seen donning a black shirt, pants, bowler hat, and eyeliner with green suspenders.
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 4 Oct. 2022
  • Stokes couldn’t have asked for anymore from his undisputed premier bowler.
    — Tim Spiers, New York Times, 17 Dec. 2025
  • Russ Farnsworth, wearing a three-piece suit, striped shirt, skinny tie and gray bowler hat, won for the men.
    — Mary Jane Brewer, cleveland, 3 Oct. 2022
  • Like most hat styles with full brim, the bowler hat, also known as the derby hat, came from England.
    — Maverick Li, Men's Health, 14 July 2023
  • Punjab, like Delhi, used only pace bowlers.
    — ABC News, 11 May 2026
  • Redfern was a bowler who played for the England team in the late 1990s.
    — Victor Mather, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2023
  • Wiggins wears a shifty bowler hat and takes notes on Jol and Louisa, then reports back to Frances.
    — Alice Burton, Vulture, 20 Apr. 2026
  • The sight of a bowler charging in from a long run to hurl a hard ball as fast as humanly possible at the batter.
    — Paul Newman, New York Times, 19 Nov. 2025
  • The original Kentucky Derby hat for men was the bowler hat.
    — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2026
  • The nylon fabric is durable and easy to clean, and the different prints and shades in their latest bowler bag style are so fun for spring.
    — Kaitlin Clapinski, InStyle, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Henry was the first bowler to take out Root and Harry Brook twice in a single test.
    — ABC News, 21 June 2026
  • The men stand opposite in Levi’s jeans, Pendleton vests, bowler hats and bolo ties.
    — Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune, 31 May 2022
  • Neal Rubin covered the best bowlers in the world during his sportswriter days, but alas, nothing rubbed off.
    — Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press, 11 Jan. 2024
  • Buehler didn’t limit his praise to the baseball diamond, noting that Betts is a great golfer and bowler as well.
    — Peter Chawaga, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Mike Maguire is the club’s groundskeeper and a second-generation lawn bowler.
    — Belén Dumont, courant.com, 21 June 2021

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