lob
verb (used with object)
to hit (a ball) in a high arc to the back of the opponent's court.
will lob
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future tenseof lob.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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The Wings have since missed five postseasons straight; when they return to the playoffs, fans will lob an octopus onto the ice, a tradition that dates back to the 1952 playoffs.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 16, 2021
Becky Herry, a 57-year-old nurse in Santa Cruz, Calif., who has stage 4 melanoma, says that some people will lob what she describes as non-questions with a dose of judgment embedded within.
From Slate ● Sep. 24, 2013
And for those who subscribe to the Premiership's supposedly immutable law of gravity, Baxter will lob in a fascinating stat.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 3, 2010
