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How to use googly in a sentence

18 example sentences · noun, adjective

Googly means a ball, bowled by a leg-break bowler, that spins from off to leg (to a right-handed batsman), unlike a normal leg-break delivery. Example: “His weakness in batting is against googly.”

Examples of googly by meaning

nounA ball, bowled by a leg-break bowler, that spins from off to leg (to a right-handed batsman), unlike a normal leg-break...

  • His weakness in batting is against googly.
  • He bowled a googly that sparked a shout for LBW.
  • He can bowl as badly as anyone in the world, but when he gets a length those slow googlies, as the Australian players call them, are apt to paralyse the greatest players.1904 March 9, The Otago Witness, Otago, page 52

adjectiveAppearing to be amorous, flirtatious.

  • God save me from stupid women!’ – my father limped downstairs to make googly eyes at Colaba girls.1981, Salman Rushdie, Midnight’s Children, page 131
  • “Everyone goes all googly when he’s around.”2012, Elizabeth Harbison, Drive Me Wild, Harlequin

More sentences with googly

  • Fred bowled me a googly when he asked me to explain those statistics in the meeting.From the entry bowl a googly
  • He didn't pick the googly, and was bowled.From the entry pick
  • "Because they make googly eyes at each other across the table.2022, Jonathan Shubs, Sun's Dance of the Channels, page 179. From the entry googly-eyed
  • They cannot talk but they can look at each other and make googly eyes."2022, Jonathan Shubs, Sun's Dance of the Channels, page 179. From the entry googly-eyed
  • Googly eyes are often added to this plant as a novelty.2020, John Bagnasco, Bob Reidmuller Jr., Succulents: Choosing, Growing, and Caring for Cactuses and Other Succulents, page 112. From the entry cactophile
  • Ever wondered what Downton’s Lord Grantham would look like with googly eyes?2013 January 16, Deni Kirkova, “'Eyebombing' is the latest online picture craze ... see celebrities Sofia Vergara, Kim Kardashian and even…. From the entry eyebomb
  • I found the website and found people mingling scholarship with faith – great googly moogly!2010, Michael T. Cooper, Contemporary Druidry: A Historical and Ethnographic Study, →ISBN. From the entry scholarship
  • “She looks like some Lord have mercy with some good googly woogly on top.”2008, Kim Robinson, The Roux in the Gumbo, page 173. From the entry ooh-wee
  • Twistorians were astounded that string theorists, of all people, had answers to the googly problem and other issues that had vexed them.2015, George Musser, Spooky Action at a Distance, →ISBN. From the entry twistorian
  • This book invites you to immerse yourself in the whimsical and hilarious world of eyebombing; the art of sticking googly eyes on unsuspecting objects to unleash the joy within.2023 June 15, M T McGuire, “Eyebomb, Therefore I am, coming soon …”, in Hamgee, archived from the original on 25 Apr 2024. From the entry eyebombing
  • The strangest sentence I may ever write is this: I hope that people stop writing "googly moogly big mommy milkers" on all the content that Vayntrub stars in.2020 August 26, Gita Jackson, “The 'AT&T Girl' Knows You're Obsessed With Her”, in VICE, archived from the original on 08 Jun 2023. From the entry mommy milker
  • Why should a mere pair of googly eyes change a tea kettle into an Emperor penguin or transmute a tree trunk into a bewildered, long-nosed man?2020 May 1, Susana Martinez-Conde, Stephen L. Macknik, “Eyebomb Your Brain”, in Scientific American, archived from the original on 25 Apr…. From the entry eyebombing
  • "What some may refer to as 'cross-eyed' or 'googly eyes' is a medical condition called strabismus," Christy Michael, lead veterinarian at DoveLewis Emergency Animal Hospital, tells The Dodo.2016 January 21, Christian Cotroneo, “Cats With Googly Eyes Are Real, And They're Beautiful”, in The Dodo. From the entry googly eye

Meaning of googly

  1. noun A ball, bowled by a leg-break bowler, that spins from off to leg (to a right-handed batsman), unlike a normal leg-break delivery.
  2. adjective Bulging.
  3. adjective Appearing to be amorous, flirtatious.

Full definition of googly

Questions about googly in a sentence

How do you use googly in a sentence?
Googly is used as a noun and adjective. For example: “His weakness in batting is against googly.”
What is a short sentence with googly?
“His weakness in batting is against googly.”
What does googly mean?
Googly means a ball, bowled by a leg-break bowler, that spins from off to leg (to a right-handed batsman), unlike a normal leg-break delivery.

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