dead arm
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Ketcham recalls working anywhere from 77-84 mph with her fastball, but a bout with dead arm took the zip off everything when she landed in Maui.
From Seattle Times ● May 25, 2022
But Scherzer is 37, just months removed from a playoff push with the Dodgers in which he had to be scratched from the decisive game of the National League Championship Series with a dead arm.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 1, 2022
“For Dodger fans to be upset with me, for me to get dead arm like that, hey, that’s fair game,” Scherzer said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 31, 2021
Richard had trouble seeing the catcher’s signs and had been complaining for weeks of a dead arm.
From New York Times ● Aug. 6, 2021
Snow had drifted into his nostrils in a cruel parody of breath, but his ice-filmed eyes were open, staring at something Torak couldn’t see: something that was cradled in the crook of his dead arm.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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