VOLLEY Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

volley

noun

ˈvä-lē

Definition of volley

as in barrage

a rapid or overwhelming outpouring of many things at once surprised by the volley of complaints about cable service in the area

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Recent Examples of volley On cue, a Frey leaps out and stabs Robb’s pregnant wife Talisa (Oona Chaplin) in the stomach, and a volley of crossbow arrows lay into Robb and his friends. — Ew Staff, Entertainment Weekly, 25 June 2026 Sweden half-clear the ball, but only as far as Ao Tanaka, who immediately switches the play again over to the left, where Kamada is there to meet it on the volley — but hits it straight at the goalkeeper. — Michael Cox, New York Times, 29 June 2026 The 10 tracks of Ton Up are at once his briskest and heaviest yet, miniaturizing his trademark loops of Dillafied psychedelia into speaker-rattling sample snippets that bombard uptempo house beats in dizzying volleys. — Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 26 June 2026 The Frenchman did — and 39-year-old Djokovic dove to hit a backhand volley winner on match point for a 7-5, 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (4) record-equaling victory in the third round at Wimbledon on Friday. — ABC News, 3 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for volley

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Gibson retires the first two batters before giving up a single to Paul Goldschmidt, followed by the homer barrage.

— Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
Beneath its gleeful barrage of kink, karaoke, and absurdist comedy lies a sharp satire of exclusion, identity, and liberation within contemporary Queer culture.

— Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 2 July 2026

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June was a frenetic month for the metro Atlanta restaurant scene, driven in part by a flurry of downtown openings timed to the beginning of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

— Olivia Wakim, AJC.com, 1 July 2026
Trump took in tens of millions of dollars in fees from a flurry of new hotel, resort and condo deals overseas that amounts to the biggest property expansion ever in the century since the family business was founded.

— Bernard Condon, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026

Definition of flurry

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