Example Sentences

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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

Since the Americans had made a mess of the P.W. situation and the Syngman Rhee affair, some Britons implied, they probably have balled up the truce negotiations just as badly.

From Time Magazine Archive

Well," I says, "you certainly have balled things up.

From Alex the Great by Brown, Arthur William

You sure have balled things up by not getting enough gas, though.

From Skyrider by Fischer, Anton Otto

Ef it was last night, then the gum would have balled down below, while the surface of the wound would hardly be sticky, but gettin' dry.

From A Boy of the Dominion A Tale of Canadian Immigration by Brereton, F. S. (Frederick Sadleir)