How to Use lefty in a Sentence

lefty

noun
  • Our starting pitcher is a lefty.
  • Lane’s out there tonight against the lefty.
    — Kansas City Star, 10 June 2026
  • The lefty’s jump shot needs a tune-up.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Windler plays pool lefty and kicks a ball with his left foot.
    — Chris Fedor, cleveland.com, 10 July 2019
  • The lefty first threw off flat ground and then a bit off a mound.
    — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 1 Apr. 2026
  • The lefty struck out seven and walked one.
    — CBS News, 17 June 2026
  • And yet, there’s one thing the big lefty said would stick with him.
    — Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Suárez’s a classic lefty in the best sense.
    — Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Moore first met Prager when the young lefty was still in sixth grade.
    — Joseph Hoyt, Dallas News, 29 Apr. 2021
  • The big lefty did it again – twice – in 2014.
    — Dan Freedman, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • The lefty has struck out 13 while walking four.
    — Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 15 Apr. 2026
  • The lefty was fading in his fourth inning.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 June 2026
  • But the lefty seems bound for a huge payday on the open market.
    — Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The problem right now seems to be lefties, though.
    — Eno Sarris, New York Times, 9 June 2026
  • The lefty-on-lefty matchup had become high drama.
    — Sahadev Sharma, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
  • The cutter was good to lefties, too.
    — Kansas City Star, 31 Aug. 2025
  • But so have his numbers against lefties.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas Morning News, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Two-time Cy Young lefty Blake Snell.
    — Stephen J. Nesbitt, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
  • On the surface, the 26-year-old lefty hasn’t lived up to his hype.
    — Chris Kirschner, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2026
  • The lefty spent the last two seasons pitching in Japan.
    — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 10 Feb. 2026
  • The lefty allowed two runs or fewer in each of the six outings.
    — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2026
  • But the athletic lefty figured out how to get outs at a good rate.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2026
  • These days, that’s what Anthony might call a stock lefty.
    — Stephen J. Nesbitt, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Joey Votto, the one lefty in the lineup, struck out three times.
    — Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 12 Sep. 2021
  • For lefties on both sides of the Atlantic, this is part of the plan.
    — The Economist, 15 June 2019
  • The lefty the brass swore was the bedrock of the future rotation.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 2 June 2026
  • The Twins, yet again, are struggling to hit lefties.
    — Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 6 Apr. 2026
  • And a sidearm lefty against [Smith] isn’t ideal either.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas Morning News, 28 Mar. 2026
  • The lefty didn’t touch his cutter over the course of 95 pitches.
    — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 10 July 2024
  • Leal, a junior lefty, struck out the first six of 12 batters.
    — Ron Higgins, NOLA.com, 10 Apr. 2018

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