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Usage examples of ball.

Beyond, the woods and hills of the tiny world appeared to drop with an increasing, breath-taking abruptness, so that he felt as if he were perched insecurely on the top of a great green ball, afloat in a chasm of starry purple-blue.

Jacuzzi, absently squeezing the tennis ball he still absently squeezes out of habit.

It has a large round head, which is received into the acetabulum, thus affording a good illustration of a ball and socket joint.

L staff whose job was to check identifications before allowing admittance to the ball.

Certain dealers get balls made with their name on and advertise them as being superior to anything made, and very often the manufacturer cannot sell his own brand in the territory where these are.

This human cargo represents a weight of about twenty tons, which is equivalent to that of thirty persons, two boars, three sows, twelve piglets, thirty fowls, ten dogs, twenty rats, a hundred balled or potted breadfruit and banana plants, and twelve tons of watergourds, seeds, yams, tubers, coconuts, adzes and weapons.

As an afterthought, he grabbed his ball cap and threw it on his head, taking the stairs two at a time.

A sudden, agonizing fiery ball of pain shot through him, choking his words, making him stagger slightly.

Erza passed them, got within a length, flew at the hare with terrible swiftness aiming at his scut, and, thinking she had seized him, rolled over like a ball.

The cannon-fire was not followed by the alarum bells, so they knew Bluto was just sending a few balls arcing through the night to remind the Turks he was there.

Because of peole dropping bowling balls onto freeways, we have fences anclosing highway overpasses.

They comprised astronomical kaleidoscopes exhibiting the twelve constellations of the zodiac from Aries to Pisces, miniature mechanical orreries, arithmetical gelatine lozenges, geometrical to correspond with zoological biscuits, globemap playing balls, historically costumed dolls.

Gail Porter, not to mention Sherry Kolarik, the bitch, and Mary Arles, and any other women who thought they had more balls than Cliff Baxter.

And, last of those I knew well, Tamor the Armiger, Towering Tamor, poised upon the balls of his feet as though about to take flight, Grandfather Tamor, strong and dependable, quick in judgment, instant in action.

The poor fellow lost his forearm and hand when an arquebus ball took him just at the elbow and so ended his soldiering days.