Example Sentences

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There I was, dribbling basketballs like a Globetrotter, diving through inter-dimensional portals, riding on the back of a galloping dinosaur in an explosive train heist.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025

Rapinoe broke toward Maitane Lopez of Gotham FC, who was dribbling outside the penalty area, and suddenly went down.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 11, 2023

Her 11-year-old son, Hunter, was dribbling a basketball at their house outside Sacramento when she’d left early that morning, she told Hilary Newsom.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 15, 2023

“In my three JV games, I was dribbling, passing, shooting. In varsity games, I’d catch it, take one dribble, pass it and run away.”

From Washington Post • Feb. 9, 2023

He was dribbling a soccer ball with his brother on the front lawn of their house.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini