softball
noun
softballs
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pluralof softball.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Why shouldn’t their town square prioritize strolling couples and amateur oil painters and kids tossing softballs over parking meters and hatchbacks?
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2025
But that doesn't appear to be her closing podcast strategy, evidenced in her choice to spend a straightforward hour with Shannon Sharpe tossing her policy softballs on "Club Shay Shay."
From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2024
On Ezell’s farm, it looks as if an 18-wheeler truck spilled its cargo to blanket her groves with bright yellow and green softballs.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 7, 2022
The researchers later returned to the ponds to record the number of egg masses the size of softballs that had been laid in the pools to estimate which choruses females might have preferred.
From New York Times ● Apr. 28, 2022
So I tell her I’m sorry, it won’t happen again, then head off to my next class.Gym class is supposed to be about balls: volleyballs, basketballs, softballs, soccer balls—sometimes sit-ups and always sweat.
From "The Crossover" by Kwame Alexander
