How to Use bunt in a Sentence

bunt

1 of 2 noun
  • One of the hits against him was a bunt.
    — ABC News, 26 June 2026
  • Of course the Padres had a bunt on.
    — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Aug. 2025
  • Then a bunt led to a second run.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026
  • Clark led off the fourth with a bunt single.
    — Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 16 Apr. 2026
  • There was a bunt and a line-drive single.
    — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Hamilton beat out a bunt to load the bases.
    — CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Two of the hits were bunts that were beaten out.
    — Martin Henderson, Oc Register, 15 May 2026
  • None of those bunts came with a runner on third.
    — Jayson Stark, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Tatis laid down his first bunt hit of the season.
    — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025
  • There is not much that Shildt likes more than a good bunt.
    — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025
  • But the run from Fry’s bunt doomed the Tigers.
    — Ryan Ford, Freep.com, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Jake Mangum reached on a swinging bunt.
    — ABC News, 10 June 2026
  • The swinging bunt tied the game at 1-1.
    — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Caglianone praised Misner for the bunt.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 22 June 2026
  • Gavin Grant beats out a bunt single down the third base line.
    — oregonlive, 9 June 2023
  • Wilson Colvin pushed the first run across the plate on a bunt.
    — Robert Ladnier, al, 29 Apr. 2023
  • There was Skubal, fielding a bunt to the first-base side.
    — Zack Meisel, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025
  • If a hitter bunts, they are ejected from the game.
    — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Kwan, who had just reached on a bunt single, wheeled toward third.
    — Zack Meisel, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Hill listened to the advice and placed a bunt just in front of the plate.
    — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026
  • There was a bunt that led to an error and three runs in the third inning.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Torres didn’t mind laying down the bunt.
    — Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 May 2026
  • Weaver came home on a squeeze bunt on the first pitch by Hayes Casey.
    — Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Third baseman Kate Bubela takes first on a bunt.
    — Caleb Yum, Austin American Statesman, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Two walks, a fielder’s choice and a squeeze bunt led to the big inning.
    — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 May 2026
  • Rave tripled to lead off the sixth and scored on Isaac Collins' squeeze bunt.
    — ABC News, 17 June 2026
  • Starling Marte moved him over with a bunt single.
    — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 3 June 2026
  • Tarik Skubal fielding a bunt toward the first-base side.
    — Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Look for a low-scoring game with some bunts Tuesday.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2026
  • His five bunt singles lead a team that has thrived with a small ball style of play this season.
    — Tom Layberger, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026

bunt

2 of 2 verb
  • He bunted the ball toward third base.
  • The batter bunted for a single.
  • Bryson Stott tried to bunt him over.
    — Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Ben Williamson then bunted back to the mound.
    — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Better to bunt or swing away in baseball?
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Miguel Rojas squared around to bunt them over but popped it up.
    — Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 16 Aug. 2025
  • Friedl offered to bunt on back-to-back pitches but couldn’t get the bunt down.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 25 Apr. 2023
  • Lewis’ bunting twice for a single May 17 stood out.
    — Dan Hayes, New York Times, 3 June 2026
  • Ava is a triple threat at the plate who bats from the left side and can bunt, slap or hit for power.
    — oregonlive, 14 Apr. 2021
  • So far he’s attempted to bunt for hits only twice.
    — Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The other day on the road, Leody Taveras tried to bunt with two strikes.
    — Dallas News, 26 Aug. 2022
  • Buher then tried to bunt, but her attempt was popped up and caught by Gallagher.
    — Randy McRoberts, baltimoresun.com, 18 June 2021
  • Howes squared to bunt on a safety squeeze, but Coxon‘s pitch was low and outside.
    — Randy McRoberts, baltimoresun.com, 16 Apr. 2021
  • Mullen drew a leadoff walk from Doney in the eighth and was bunted to second.
    — Matt Roy, Boston Herald, 10 June 2026
  • His baseball teams were known for bunting and putting pressure on opposing teams.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2023
  • Kason Howell got hit by a pitch while attempting to bunt with two outs.
    — Nubyjas Wilborn | [email protected], al, 13 June 2022
  • Kemp tried to bunt with two on and nobody out in the second inning of a 0-0 game and popped out.
    — Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Apr. 2023
  • Small ball works — get on base, steal second base, bunt them around, get runs and hopefully the pitching holds up.
    — Ryan Black, The Courier-Journal, 11 June 2023
  • The next batter, Evan Hammond, tried to bunt the runner home on the first pitch.
    — James Weber, The Enquirer, 4 June 2022
  • During such shifts, many of us are wondering why the batter doesn’t bunt or hit the ball to the massive open space.
    — Marshall Shepherd, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2021
  • Stowers bunted the runners over and Xavier Edwards walked to load the bases.
    — Miami Herald, 2 June 2026
  • Hunter Grimes walked, then Rowland bunted for a single that scored Slavens.
    — Bob Holt, Arkansas Online, 29 Apr. 2023
  • Fermín bunted two runners over, setting up a run against Alex Vesia.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Aug. 2025
  • Trea Turner squared around twice to bunt to lead off the game, giving Yamamoto an easy first out.
    — Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
  • The inning began with the Astros’ Brice Matthews bunting down the third-base line.
    — Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 9 June 2026
  • Because there’s swinging and missing, and then there’s bunting and missing, bunting and missing, then bunting foul for strike three.
    — Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 9 Mar. 2026
  • After failing to bunt him over twice, the left fielder hit a dribbler down the third base line putting runners on the corners with no out.
    — Tony Garcia, Detroit Free Press, 11 Aug. 2022
  • Kiner-Falefa — batting in Bichette’s spot — bunted him to third.
    — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2026
  • With Hernández on third, Graham Pauley bunted.
    — ABC News, 31 Mar. 2026
  • In the seventh, Bassitt retired his first two hitters before Matthews bunted for a hit.
    — Matt Kawahara, Houston Chronicle, 30 Apr. 2026

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