How to Use free-swinging in a Sentence

free-swinging

adjective
  • Additionally, there are three free-swinging rings and soft push buttons on the disc.
    Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 14 May 2026
  • Quintana had no trouble taming the potent, but free-swinging Braves lineup.
    Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 2 May 2026
  • With at least two vacancies in the starting rotation, a lack of veteran relievers and a free-swinging lineup that could use some reimagining, the Astros have an abundance of needs this winter.
    Chandler Rome, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
  • This streamlined technology enables a free-swinging knee and regenerative braking, which charges the battery during use with energy that would typically be dissipated when the foot hits the ground.
    IEEE Spectrum, 17 July 2020
  • That production likely overstates the free-swinging Lugo’s upside, but the 21-year-old has more raw power than his slight frame would suggest, along with above-average speed and experience playing six different positions in the minors.
    Aaron Gleeman, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Reliever Luke Weaver walked the free-swinging Ceddanne Rafaela, gave up a hustle double to Nick Sogard, then surrendered the go-ahead two-run single to pinch-hitter Masataka Yoshida that ultimately proved to be the deciding blow.
    Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025

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