How to use inning in a sentence

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• His solo shot in the seventh inning ended up winning the game.From the entry shot
• Only three cricketers have taken all 10 poles in a Test innings.From the entry pole
• The pitcher gave up the go-ahead run in the top of the ninth inning.From the entry go-ahead
• Their bullpen is worn out after yesterday's doubleheader where both games went 12 innings.From the entry bullpen
• By grounding to the shortstop, the twin killing ended the inning.From the entry twin killing
• Jones got on board with a dead bird to start the inning.From the entry dead bird
• The leadoff batter began the inning with a double, setting a good example for the following players.From the entry leadoff
• Jones is leading off an inning for the third time in the game.From the entry lead off
• The Blue Jays lead the game going into the ninth inning.From the entry blue jays
• He made 45 leaves in his innings of 64.From the entry leave
• Clayton Kershaw struck out the side in the 6th inning.From the entry side
• The pitcher now has two walks in this inning alone.From the entry walk
• The leftfielder makes a nice snatch to end the inning.From the entry snatch
• We have an early innings deficit to make up.From the entry early innings
• He is at his best in the late innings.From the entry late innings
• Jones forced out Smith to end the inning.From the entry force out
• The Braves retaliated by plunking Harper in the next inning.From the entry plunk
• I understand any pitcher can have an off day but walking four batters in one inning is ridiculous!From the entry off day
• The team is hitless since the third inning.From the entry hitless
• The lead off hitter for the sixth inning is Jones.From the entry lead off
• We'll have to play another extra inning in this game.From the entry extra inning
• He slugged out a homerun in the second inning.From the entry slug out
• Hernandez fielded out in the third inning.From the entry field out
• He caught the last three innings.From the entry catch
• Pedro singled in the bottom of the eighth inning, which, if converted to a run, would put the team back into contention.From the entry single
• And we go to extra innings.From the entry extra innings
• Boland, Cummins, and Lyon all with centuries in the same innings. I wonder how many people had that on their bingo card.From the entry bingo card
• Jones got a golden sombrero last night; he had a hat trick (three strikeouts) going into the ninth inning, then struck out for the fourth time.From the entry golden sombrero
• Hendricks was only able to throw 52 pitches, surrendering two runs in 3.2 innings before being forced out of action when Angel Pagan's comebacker hit his right forearm.From the entry comebacker
• In his young Major League career, Paul Skenes has thrice pitched at least eight innings.2025 June 4, Alex Stumpf, “'Win or Lose,' Skenes out to control what he can control”, in MLB. From the entry thrice
• Not such a bad innings, really, when the old man was gone at fifty-three.2012, Peter Fitzpatrick, The Two Frank Thrings, Monash University Publishing, →ISBN, page 523. From the entry innings
• You can only say, she had a good innings, so many times.2010, Jacqueline James M P, An Ignoble End, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 79. From the entry innings
• Team captains took money on the side, so even the loserest ball player could pitch an inning.2007, Chuck Palahniuk, Rant: The Oral History of Buster Casey, page 52. From the entry loserest
• Tissera played two fine innings, of 53 and 17 not out and P.1999, S. S. Perera, S. Muthiah, The Janashakthi Book of Sri Lanka Cricket, 1832-1996, page 300. From the entry long handle
• Or Jack McDowell gutsing out five innings last week with a bad elbow.1998 May 26, S Smith1701, “Next Year? Why wait.”, in alt.sports.baseball.calif-angels (Usenet). From the entry guts out
• Gehrig made Dean eat crow in the third inning by smashing a home run.1937 July 19, “Baseball Races”, in Time, archived from the original on 06 Dec 2008. From the entry eat crow
• You’ve never pitched a no-hitter or a one-hitter or a two-hitter or a three-hitter, because you’ve never pitched nine innings.2021 May 5, Tyler Kepner, “With No-Hitter, John Means Opens Up a World of Possibilities”, in The New York Times. From the entry hitter

Meaning of inning

1. noun A period of play in which members of a visiting baseball team attempt to hit a baseball pitched by the opposing home team until three players are called out, followed by a similar attempt by members of the home baseball team against the visiting team's pitching. There are nine or more innings in a regulation baseball game.
2. noun A similar period of play.
3. noun A player (or team)'s turn at the table to make shots until ended by a miss or a foul.

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Questions about inning in a sentence

How do you use inning in a sentence?

Inning is used as a noun. For example: “It is a baseball tradition to sing "Take Me Out To the Ball Game" during the seventh inning stretch.”

What is a short sentence with inning?

“And we go to extra innings.”

What does inning mean?

Inning means a period of play in which members of a visiting baseball team attempt to hit a baseball pitched by the opposing home team until three players are called out, followed by a similar attempt by members of the home baseball team against the visiting team's pitching. There are nine or more innings in a regulation baseball game.