How to Use kickball in a Sentence

kickball

noun
  • Outside meant friends and kickball and walking along the railroad tracks.
    — Teresa M. Pelham, courant.com, 23 June 2017
  • In fact, this might be the only dish that gets the kids to come back to the table from their game of kickball or tag.
    — Andy Staples, SI.com, 30 June 2017
  • In another kickball game, the leg came off during a kick and went flying across the gym.
    — Marc Lester, Alaska Dispatch News, 18 Oct. 2017
  • So bring an appetite, bring the family and be ready to revive your kickball skills.
    — Stephen Schroats, star-telegram, 20 July 2017
  • The all-turf field is intended for games of wiffle ball or kickball among members and their guests.
    — Erik Matuszewski, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
  • And archery, horseback riding and kickball are not on the agenda this weekend.
    — Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2023
  • It was launched in 2020 and offers kickball and a trivia league.
    — Maya Lora, Baltimore Sun, 27 June 2023
  • Play kickball, frisbee, tag, and other outdoor games.
    — Parents, 11 June 2026
  • The thing with the world kickball tournament is the fans are more entertaining than the game.
    — Steve Rosenbloom, chicagotribune.com, 15 June 2018
  • Maeve and Gideon were playing kickball by a small cove behind the house when the ball went into the water.
    — NBC News, 4 Apr. 2020
  • The amenities include a clubhouse, pool, tennis court and whiffle ball/kickball field.
    — Kathy Jumper, AL.com, 2 July 2017
  • After being impressed by his kickball skills, a couple of suits pull him off the schoolyard and recruit him.
    — Peter Opaskar, Ars Technica, 10 Apr. 2022
  • Every day the bell for recess would ring, and my classmates would spill out of the classroom, eager to play kickball or with the chalk.
    — Willa Bennett, Seventeen, 17 July 2017
  • The usual intense preseason practices were replaced with kickball and dodge-ball games and a group beach trip.
    — Vincent Nguyenstaff Writer, La Cañada Valley Sun, 27 Aug. 2019
  • Durny was setting up for a kickball tournament at the football stadium and picked up a few pieces of litter.
    — cleveland, 4 Nov. 2021
  • During a windy game of kickball in September, a wayward bounce and gust sent the ball toward a stormwater ditch.
    — Various Staff Writers, Special Correspondents, and Special Contributors, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Dec. 2023
  • My husband tore up both of his knees in late May playing kickball at the company picnic and had to have double knee surgery.
    — Elissa Garay, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Oct. 2019
  • The kickball leagues are open to all skill levels and are meant to build friendships outside of the traditional spouse clubs and social events.
    — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 June 2021
  • On Wednesday mornings, a group meets at the park for boot camp workouts, and there are company softball and kickball teams.
    — Nick Davidson, Outside Online, 1 Oct. 2014
  • Being eliminated in the group round cannot diminish the joy that the smiters brought to the world kickball tournament.
    — Steve Rosenbloom, chicagotribune.com, 29 June 2018
  • Lakefront volleyball and kickball leagues could start in late July at Voinovich Park.
    — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 29 May 2020
  • That was the site of a recent kickball game for neighborhood kids organized by Boston police.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 20 July 2021
  • The company kickball team plays at the beach every week, and a handful of staff frequently run Tough Mudders.
    — Nick Davidson, Outside Online, 1 Oct. 2014
  • The park department will fill the void at Hippie Hill with a volleyball and kickball tournament.
    — Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 17 Apr. 2024
  • Today the club’s programming is an array of play — from softball to tennis and kickball games — to book club meet-ups, art workshops, group hikes and biking and beyond.
    — Deanna Taylor, USA Today, 12 Nov. 2025
  • And his two-and-half-year old son likes to play with trucks, shoot baskets at a mini-hoop, swing the Wiffle ball bat and participate in neighborhood kickball games.
    — Tim Casey, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2021
  • Then Trevor started inviting Matt to go with him to sporting events, and now Matt has invited Trevor to join his weekly kickball game.
    — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 21 July 2023
  • Some of the games Mauser utilizes are Frisbee games, kickball, Wiffle ball, basketball, field sports and capture-the-flag.
    — Linda Gandee/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 8 May 2017
  • Brandon, 13, likes to stay active by playing sports, especially football, basketball and kickball.
    — The Star, Kansas City Star, 20 Sep. 2025
  • Jay Winter, a Hollywood rider with the Der Krieger motorcycle club, brought a kickball, trucks and dolls to donate to the toy pile.
    — Susannah Bryan, sun-sentinel.com, 5 Dec. 2021

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