How to Use force play in a Sentence

force play

noun
  • Again, this is a byproduct of his attempting to force plays to happen.
    — James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
  • But 15 of those were throwing errors, and many of them came when trying to force plays that were not there.
    — Chris Kirschner, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Augustin Ramirez walked leading off the Miami fourth and Liam Hicks hit into a force play.
    — Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2025
  • But Pomeranz walked Murakami to load the bases, and after a force play at the plate, Montgomery came through in the clutch to end it.
    — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
  • In Saturday’s second inning, a weak grounder fielded by the pitcher resulted in the second out being made on a force play at the plate.
    — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 May 2026
  • However, the club went down in order as Michael Massey grounded into a force play at home and both Caglianone and Isaac Collins struck out.
    — Kansas City Star, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Sierra Canyon brought in sophomore pitcher Milo Benattar, who got a fly out and force play to save a 3-2 victory.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Then, on a force play, Contreras slid hard into second, banging into shortstop David Hamilton’s left knee with his cleats and tearing his pants.
    — ABC News, 7 Apr. 2026
  • But now, having reined in his recklessness and compulsion to constantly create and force plays, the Patriots have developed an elite prospect into a promising pro passer.
    — Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 14 Oct. 2025
  • At that moment Contreras made perhaps the biggest play of the game, eschewing the easy force play on McGonigle at first and making the considerably more challenging throw to second to get the lead runner.
    — Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 18 Apr. 2026
  • Austin Slater followed with an RBI double, Junior Caminero was intentionally walked to load the bases and set up a force play and Ryan Vilade had a sacrifice fly to cap off the rally.
    — Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 10 June 2026
  • The Sabres played patiently, didn’t force plays and eventually broke through early in the second period when Thompson got a rebound near the side of the net and dragged the puck around Anton Forsberg for Buffalo’s first goal.
    — Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2026

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