How to Use home plate in a Sentence

home plate

noun
  • The runner was tagged out at home plate.
  • Bowyer sat in the first row behind home plate.
    — David Amsden, Rolling Stone, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Well that’s 436 feet from the home plate.
    — Literary Hub, 8 June 2026
  • The plaque was placed on the fence behind home plate last week.
    — James Weber, The Enquirer, 26 May 2021
  • Note this is just the bases, as home plate remains the same size.
    — Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2021
  • The benches and bullpens cleared, and the teams pushed and shoved near home plate.
    — Mark Heim | [email protected], al, 27 Apr. 2022
  • Pinder caught the ball with his back to home plate and knees stuck in the ground.
    — Steve Kroner, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 May 2021
  • Jack Perkins crossed home plate and looked toward first base.
    — Kyle Neddenriep, Indianapolis Star, 28 May 2018
  • Arte should be carving statues of those two for the home plate plaza.
    — Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2023
  • The strike zone is just as wide — 17 inches — as home plate.
    — Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2026
  • He was known to kick dirt on home plate while arguing balls and strikes.
    — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Maile was standing with his left foot on the far right corner of home plate.
    — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 20 July 2023
  • The fish tanks were on either side of home plate, near the on-deck circles.
    — Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2021
  • In the early days of baseball, the home plate was made of stone, iron or wood.
    — Fred Bowen, Washington Post, 7 Aug. 2019
  • Brady Ebel reached base when a pop fly in front of home plate dropped for a single.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2024
  • Ortiz scored as the Cactus throw to home plate missed the mark.
    — Katherine Fitzgerald, azcentral, 15 May 2018
  • Iowa crossed home plate 16 times in a Missouri win last week.
    — Aaron Reiss, kansascity, 7 May 2018
  • He was tossed from the game by Wolcott, the home plate umpire.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 19 Aug. 2021
  • Screech was located just in front of the home plate to receive the pitch.
    — Misty Severi, Washington Examiner, 6 June 2023
  • Perkins fielded the ball and came up firing towards home plate.
    — Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2025
  • Lee slid awkwardly and stayed on the ground near home plate after the play.
    — Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Jonathan Schoop, the game-winning run, touched home plate and tossed his arms in the air.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 27 May 2022
  • Anthony came up firing, but his throw came nowhere close to home plate.
    — Greg Dudek, Boston Herald, 7 Apr. 2026
  • The home plate umpire ruled the towering shot over the left-field pole fair.
    — David Carrillo Peñaloza, latimes.com, 3 May 2018
  • Right-fielder Austin Slater threw out one would-be run at home plate.
    — Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 28 Mar. 2026
  • Spruce Creek crossed home plate two more times in the fourth inning on errors.
    — J.c. Carnahan, orlandosentinel.com, 15 May 2021
  • The ball crashed six feet up the backstop, 60 feet behind home plate.
    — Jon Paul Hoornstra, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Wade’s sixth home run of the year landed in the drink 412 feet from home plate.
    — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 4 Sep. 2024
  • Shown alongside a painting of a baseball home plate.
    — Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Witt turned and threw a strike to home plate as Dingler was dashing to score.
    — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 9 May 2026

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