ball
noun
a spherical or approximately spherical body or shape; sphere.
balled
Example Sentences
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The Chinese space effort, by contrast, is “all balled up—security, military, all together, all in one.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
Workers balled up bread for bait and threw lines over the side of the platform.
From Slate ● Dec. 16, 2023
And on the desk, near the room phone and a stamped envelope, a letter is balled up.
From New York Times ● Nov. 8, 2023
The Spirit needed six to win from the last delivery but although Matt Critchley could only hit a single, they got a second chance when Sam Curran was shown to have balled a no-ball.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2023
He ripped it out, balled it up, tossed it on the floor.
From "Look Both Ways" by Jason Reynolds
