dead arm
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Boston went with a bullpen game because scheduled starter Michael Wacha was scratched Sunday with what manager Alex Cora called dead arm.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 4, 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. Look, you play with L.A., you’re here to win the World Series.”
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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