hitless
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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Randall and starting pitcher Ben Lewis held Corona’s top four batters hitless with eight strikeouts.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026
Ohtani walked in the first inning but was hitless in the three at-bats that followed.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 29, 2025
His current slump began with a hitless, four-strikeout dud in Game 1 of the NLDS, when he also made a six-inning, three-run start on the mound.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 15, 2025
On the night the Dodgers beat the Philadelphia Phillies to advance to the National League Championship Series, Sasaki threw three hitless innings.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 15, 2025
Myself this morn Beheld the Infanta's entrance, as she threw, Proud as some hitless barb, her haughty glance On our assembled chiefs.
From Count Alarcos; a Tragedy by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield
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