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How to use bunt in a sentence

20 example sentences · noun, verb

Bunt means the middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail which is at the center of the yard. Example: “The bunt of the sail was green.”

Examples of bunt by meaning

nounThe middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail which is at the center of the yard.

  • The bunt of the sail was green.

nounA ball that has been intentionally hit softly so as to be difficult to field, sometimes with a hands-spread batting...

  • The bunt was fielded cleanly.

nounThe act of bunting.

  • The manager will likely call for a bunt here.

verbTo intentionally hit softly with a hands-spread batting stance.

  • Jones bunted the ball.

verbTo swell out.

  • The sail bunts.

verbTo headbutt affectionately.

  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:bunt.

More sentences with bunt

  • The sacrifice bunt was fielded cleanly, but the only play was to first.From the entry sacrifice bunt
  • Jones fielded the drag bunt, but the runner beat out his throw for a single.From the entry drag bunt
  • Smith often drag bunts if he sees the third baseman playing back.From the entry drag bunt
  • The push bunt went between the pitcher and the first baseman who was charging too hard.From the entry push bunt
  • The catcher fielded Jones' swinging bunt and easily threw him out.From the entry swinging bunt
  • The squeeze play is on! Jones bunts, and Smith scores from third.From the entry squeeze play
  • Jones squeezed in Smith with a perfect bunt.From the entry squeeze
  • The infielder run in to field the bunt.From the entry infielder
  • The third baseman charged in to field the bunt.From the entry third baseman
  • The manager will likely call for a sacrifice bunt here.From the entry sacrifice bunt
  • The push bunt is only used in certain situations.From the entry push bunt
  • The lamb bunted several irresponsive objects - never its dam's udder - baaing listlessly.1902, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Bush Studies (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia…. From the entry baa
  • Loosen the bunt of the mizzen-trysail and haul at the clew.1901, John Conroy Hutcheson, The Ghost Ship. From the entry clew
  • It lies beyond the small-town Mom and apple pie images projected onto arena video-walls or bunted along the perimeter of midwestern Amtrak or Greyhound stations.1992, George Grant, Hillarious: The Wacky Wit, Wisdom, and Wonderment of Hillary Rodham-Clinton, Franklin, Tenn.: Adroit Press, →ISBN…. From the entry mom and apple pie

Meaning of bunt

  1. noun The middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail which is at the center of the yard.
  2. noun A push or shove; a butt.
  3. noun A ball that has been intentionally hit softly so as to be difficult to field, sometimes with a hands-spread batting stance or with a close-hand, choked-up hand position. No swinging action is involved.

Full definition of bunt

Questions about bunt in a sentence

How do you use bunt in a sentence?
Bunt is used as a noun and verb. For example: “The bunt of the sail was green.”
What is a short sentence with bunt?
“The sail bunts.”
What does bunt mean?
Bunt means the middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail which is at the center of the yard.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: bunt (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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