How to Use full count in a Sentence

full count

noun
  • Perez worked a full count, then walked to first base on ball four.
    — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 8 June 2025
  • Druw Jones had just struck out looking on a full count.
    — Noah Gulley, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2026
  • The regime never released a full count of the vote.
    — Stephania Taladrid, New Yorker, 7 Jan. 2026
  • The right fielder worked a full count in the third inning.
    — Liana Handler, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2026
  • In a full count, a lot of kids will think the fastball is coming.
    — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 May 2024
  • Bottom of the ninth, tie game, bases loaded, two out, full count.
    — Dallas News, 27 Feb. 2023
  • But Yamamoto worked back to a full count.
    — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2026
  • In a full count, Muncy did, launching a sky-high pop-up down the first base line.
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2025
  • Bottom of the ninth, tie game, full count and a packed stadium.
    — Mark Russell, Memphis Commercial Appeal, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Betts worked a full count, laying off a low slider and high fastball with two strikes.
    — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Taveras unleashed a lifeline in a high-leverage spot, late in a game and with a full count.
    — Zack Meisel, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Fawley appeared to work a full count after a high fastball was called for ball three.
    — Jace Denison, Kansas City Star, 19 May 2026
  • But with a full count, Raigan Kramer lined into a double play at first base.
    — Christina Long, Arkansas Online, 31 Mar. 2025
  • Miguel Vargas worked a full count with a runner on third and two outs in the first inning.
    — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Trout flailed on a 100-mph slider that tailed just outside the strike zone on a full count.
    — Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 7 Mar. 2025
  • The only mistake was a changeup to Josh Smith on a full count.
    — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 22 June 2024
  • Gorman battled Sheehan to a full count.
    — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2026
  • Alejandro homered with Marcus down to its last strike, with two outs and a full count.
    — Greg Riddle, Dallas News, 22 Apr. 2023
  • Trout swung through the first, took the second for a ball, struck through the third and laid off the fourth to bring the battle to a full count.
    — Jorge Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Later in the at-bat, Judge homered on a full count to give the Yankees the lead.
    — Gary Phillips, Hartford Courant, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Vázquez worked a full count, fouling off a 2-2 pitch before drawing a walk to start the third inning.
    — Dan Hayes, New York Times, 11 May 2025
  • Max Muncy worked a full count in the next at-bat, before laying off a high splitter for a run-scoring walk.
    — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2023
  • The situation was bases loaded, two outs, full count in the bottom of the ninth inning with the score tied.
    — Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 26 Feb. 2023
  • Walker got the Arizona offense started in the first inning with a three-run blast on a full count.
    — Iliana Limón Romero, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2024
  • Starting in left-field and batting seventh, the versatile top prospect drew a pair of walks, both on a full count, and scored twice.
    — Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 4 Mar. 2025
  • Verdin notched a strikeout for the second out, but Isaac Sullivan worked a full count at the plate.
    — Alex Harrison, The Enquirer, 3 June 2023
  • Still, researchers think that the full count of cell types for the human brain, when it is compiled, will likely be similar.
    — Quanta Magazine, 13 Dec. 2023
  • On Friday, he was called out on strikes on a full count, prompting a tap of the helmet in an effort to get to first base.
    — Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Rothrock won the matchup, retiring the nation’s leading hitter on a full count to start the final inning.
    — Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Bibee exited in the eighth after Torkelson homered to center on a full count.
    — CBS News, 12 June 2026

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