long hop
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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He could only laugh at his misfortune when he managed to toe-end a Axar's long hop to short fine leg.
From BBC ● Feb. 6, 2025
"For us to execute that right — Profar gets to it, gets it to Tatis and throws a very good long hop in where Victor can handle it and tag, and it just swings momentum."
From Fox News ● Jul. 7, 2021
Karunaratne takes advantage of a rubbish long hop and despatches it to the cover fence with a pleasing crack of the willow, then another couple come from a similar, if not as well-timed effort.
From The Guardian ● May 21, 2016
“It was going to take a nice long hop for me, which it did. The grass grabbed it and it kind of faded away from me.”
From Washington Times ● May 30, 2014
Promptly forgetting what he had heard Mr. Fenton tell Ellis, he braced his muscles, made a quick, long hop, tried to turn, caught his foot in the toe-board, and measured his length upon the field.
From Dick Randall The Young Athlete by Clark, Ellery H.
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