How to Use the strike zone in a Sentence

the strike zone

noun
  • Cameron missed around the strike zone.
    — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 30 Apr. 2026
  • At times, Cameron lost the strike zone.
    — Kansas City Star, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Sánchez lunged at it, as the pitch fell out of the strike zone.
    — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2026
  • No one knew the strike zone better.
    — Jeremy Collins, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2025
  • And something up in the strike zone.
    — Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Only one of them was in the strike zone.
    — Matt Gelb, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Ross threw his first pitch below the strike zone.
    — Dennis Lin, New York Times, 21 June 2026
  • Most of those pitches were not even close to the strike zone.
    — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2026
  • Hitters have no chance in or out of the strike zone against him.
    — Jim Bowden, New York Times, 5 May 2026
  • The ball was outside the strike zone by one-tenth of an inch.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 3 Mar. 2026
  • They’re taught from an early age to avoid the beefy part of the strike zone.
    — Kevin Sherrington mar. 9, Dallas Morning News, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Amador knows the strike zone, and isn’t shy about taking his share of walks.
    — Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
  • The main thing is just attacking the strike zone.
    — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 15 May 2026
  • In theory, the strike zone should be the same.
    — Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Missing up in the strike zone may have been a sign of fatigue.
    — Andrew Golden, Washington Post, 13 July 2024
  • Much of her work is painting the lower half of the strike zone.
    — Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 15 May 2024
  • Scott’s third pitch was a fastball well below the strike zone.
    — Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Wacha was efficient in the strike zone.
    — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Great hitters hit pitches out of the strike zone … for base hits.
    — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Dec. 2023
  • Getting some swings and misses up (in the strike zone) is key.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Betts struck out on a slider that was below and wide of the strike zone.
    — Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2023
  • Kind of flood the strike zone as pitchers and take good at-bats as hitters.
    — Doug Padilla, Oc Register, 18 June 2025
  • The strike call was confirmed — the pitch had grazed the corner of the strike zone.
    — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 22 Feb. 2025
  • Two of his groundouts last night came on fastballs in the strike zone, both up in the zone.
    — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2026
  • Then came Sunday, when he got punished in the strike zone.
    — Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Ortiz spiked a slider into the ground far away from the strike zone.
    — Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2025
  • In each case, the pitch was narrowly within the strike zone.
    — Neil Nakahodo, Kansas City Star, 31 Mar. 2026
  • What’s rare is the damage being done outside the strike zone.
    — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 3 June 2025
  • Except this might have been a decent time to try something in the strike zone.
    — Larry Fleisher, Forbes, 14 Sep. 2024
  • The throw, however, was right in the middle of the strike zone.
    — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2023

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