How To Use Pitch In A Sentence

There were 42 free-kicks, two penalties, four bookings and three players sent off, two of whom had to be escorted from the pitch by police.
Maurice Mair seemed to spin like a teetotum and pitch upon his face like a ninepin. The Complete Father Brown
Yorkshire abused by such a pitiful prater; and when wrought up to a certain pitch, she would turn and say something of which neither the matter nor the manner recommended her to Mr. Donne's good - will. Shirley, by Charlotte Bronte
Can you tell me what the major league record is for most consecutive batters retired by a pitcher and who holds it?
Or is the idea of foreign policy beyondmilitary commitmentsso far off the radar that when the polls open, everything will hinge on the pitch-and-toss of national concerns? And Now, The Choice « shattersnipe: malcontent & rainbows

“You come to make a sales pitch?” he asked grouchily. Fatal Circle
Wells was stuffed on a pitchout on fourth-and-one from the Houston 45.
Of course, you would expect it to be damp in those parts of the Highlands which the Camanachd Association holds as its fiefdom and indeed shinty has suffered in recent weeks with matches being cancelled due to unplayable pitches.
Wet meadows between rock outcrops include grasses, sedges, mosses, pitcher plant Saracenia purpurea, sundew Drosera sp. and purple fringed orchid Habenaria psycodes. Gros Morne National Park, Canada
When the dork came to bat, he was waving the bat back and forth with the label aimed straight at the pitcher. WHY is the FOUL POLE FAIR?
The first pitch was low and over the outside corner.
It is no more a sign of weakness to change leadership in wartime if success depends on it than it is to remove a baseball pitcher who is getting shelled in order to prevent the game from becoming hopelessly lost.
For example, utter the words: "A house is my fire," and observe the comparative duration of time in the pronunciation of each word, the comparative stress, and the relative pitch (e.g. of _a_ and _fire_). The Principles of English Versification
Most of last week was spent concentrating on trying to get the pitch dry because of all the rain we had.
It is snapping and whirring, emitting a high-pitched tome like the mewling of a cat. Death's Noisy Herald
I am afraid to lose, I fear this time, and I love it but memories. I could not forget the sweat on the pitch with the sway of the brothers, forget accompany me cry close friend, and forget the bright Star of that everynight, and those words have touched me deeply.
Other amazing samples from the plant world will be revealed to the children, including plants with armbands to help them swim and meat-eating plants like the Pitcher plant, which is on loan from Cardiff University.
There was a even an issue cover I think, or at least some page art we had commissioned, showing Krugman as a crude pitchman or something.
On a recent morning, Evers steered his pickup truck through a Central California almond grove, his drawling sales pitch at the ready.
The stairs are made from Douglas fir and all the internal floors are pitched pine.
Waved round the coast, up-called a pitchy cloud340 Paradise Lost: The First Book
The car pitched and dodged through the turns.
His pitching was a legend among major league hitters.
Now stadium officials have decided to turf out the rye grass surface and lay a fresh pitch. The Sun
No mean feat when you consider the total area of the arena covers more than five football pitches. Times, Sunday Times
The third-string pitcher, a kid named Ingrid, has pitched a great game.
His first pitch was high and wide.
‘We are pitching for new clients every week, and expanding our mid-cap company sector,’ he said.
The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which but few discover. Joseph Addison
The gym at the new training ground is as big as a full-size pitch. The Sun
The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which but few discover. Joseph Addison
Years of research led the Mitchells to an ancient musical system called cymatics, or Chladni patterns, which are formed by sound waves at specific pitches. Musicians crack melodic code within Da Vinci chapel
Don't believe the pitcher baloney.
Batsmen need to use their feet cleverly when playing on the slightly slower pitches here so that they are in a position to play the ball without mistiming it.
Several persons unfit to hold public office were pitchforked into high office.
These used rotating discs to initiate a quasi-musical sound which was then filtered, processed and reproduced at different pitches.
When you dig into them, I think that you might just find that some of the very best moments of the DCAU occur throughout Superman: TAS, whether is the pitch-perfect origin reenactment in the early episodes to the first meeting of the two icons in “World’s Finest”. Superman: The Complete Animated Series » DVDs Worth Watching
They keyed a piano up to concert pitch.
a relief pitcher took over in the top of the fifth
Jamaerah was barefoot, wearing only a pair of ragged stonewashed jeans, playing an invisible guitar to “Put Your Lights On,” rocking out while coffee brewed, singing his heart out in perfect pitch, wings spread, eyes closed, and an expression of sheer ecstasy gracing his beautiful face. Surrender the Dark
Last I recall ninjutsu was the art of stealth, not the art of pitched one on one combat!
Few position players or pitchers maintain an even remotely uniform level of effectiveness.
It was a large, three story house with a high-pitched roof and a single, cathedral-esque spire.
I haven't pitched this idea to my boss yet, but I think it will be received well.
He blocked errant pitches in the dirt, expertly framed borderline tosses, turning them into strikes and worked masterfully with pitchers.
‘I want to go back to when things were so simple’ sings Weiss in a high-pitched hillbilly squeal on ‘Piggly Wiggly’.
It was pitch black inside the dumpster with only a slither of light entering through the crack of the lid.
United left the pitch looking stunned and drained.
I hiked furiously, but it was pitch-dark and snowing.
The pitch, intonation, and speed of his voice are all over the map and make every bit of dialogue and catchphrase either hilarious or an assault on your eardrums.
Women engine fitters also undertake major overhauls on liquid- and air-cooled motors and instruction is given in the maintenance of variable-pitch airscrews.
Tell those candy-ass wannabe pitchers to stick it.
It was around midnight and I'd only completed four pitches since daybreak.
Escobar has pitched in just one game over the ... nleastchatter. com 40 hours ago - Kelvim Escobar, which google translates as: Kelvim Escobar Some person named Francisco Blavia with a twitter account tweeted thrice in Spanish the following: Tweet # 1: Kelvim Escobar recibió su regalo navideño: acaba de llegar a un acuerdo con los Mets de Nueva York. BallHype - Top Sports News, Videos, and Blogs
The new pitcher made a great play on that throw to first base.
He wanted to work on the vegetation inventory for a pitcher plant bog he had going.
All the ills of a mighty nation are expressed in a single high-pitched syllable. Times, Sunday Times
She has perfect/absolute pitch.
The bed was rickety, with a thin knotty mattress; the sand-colored walls were scratched and gouged; in every corner, under everything, were fluffy dust and cigar ashes; on the tilted wash-stand was a nicked and squatty pitcher; the only chair was a grim straight object of spotty varnish; but there was an altogether splendid gilt and rose cuspidor. Main Street
But if you truly fear death by animal, pitch the car keys: Deer kill about 14 Americans per month, mostly through collisions with front bumpers.
The President speaks in New York today, making another pitch for his economic program.
In the Weber system, one of the weights is keyed solid with constant pitch while the other weight is allowed to move 180 in pitch.
These include the pitcher plants of the Asian tropics, known as Nepenthes, which resemble jugs brimming with nectar—or perhaps more accurately, mouths slavering with drool.
The spot kick was a duel between the two best players on the pitch. Times, Sunday Times
The singing, so difficult to bear for many listeners, never settles into a particular pitch, remaining agonisedly in motion; Jandek presents us with a voice in extremity, and an endless quarrying of pain and related states, in which infinite gradations of suffering are allowed to differentiate themselves. Archive 2007-10-01
The game was stuck in the middle of the pitch for long periods as both teams cancelled each other out and the referee constantly whistled for minor offences stopping either side gaining momentum.
That wasn't a bad place to pitch if you really knew how to pitch and had halfway decent control.
He walks off the pitch to get treatment, Nigeria kick the ball out of play so he can come back on.
This is difficult terrain for the son of a billionaire pitched against the son of a bus driver. Times, Sunday Times
Back in America, he pitched this complicated, albeit less sexy, idea to his editor at the Times.
It is not about playing it out from the back and weaving magical patterns on the way up the pitch. The Sun
EXAMPLE: The street merchant is a skilled pitchman who can attract a crowd to his tiny sidewalk stand within less than a minute.
Whether it's pitch battles, boardroom corruption, manager's bungs or ticket tout scandals, the whole league stinks of sleaze.
Directed by Aroona Irani who also acts in it, its hour long-episodes have of late been hitting enough of an emotional pitch to delight those who love a well-made tear-jerker.
The subway froze in its tracks, and thousands of people found themselves trapped in stuffy box cars and pitch-dark tunnels.
I could not have picked a more exposed position on the pitch to take the capsule. Times, Sunday Times
The rest string themselves across the pitch in a defensive line. Times, Sunday Times
She pitched forward, twisted and ended up on the infield grass, in tears.
The Padres are banking on improvement from several pitchers, headed by Ashby and Hamilton.
Let everie sound of a pitch keep still in reson-ance, jemcrow, jackdaw, prime and secund with their terce that whoe betwides them, now full theorbe, now dulcifair, and when we press of pedal (sof!) pick out and vowelise your name. Finnegans Wake
The nation was at fever pitch in the days leading up to the election.
The two reality show teams also pitch in for a group singalong, above. The Sun
A pitch of consistent bounce and enough pace to hurry the ball on to the bat aided confident strokeplay.
Telfer's accounts of this and other pitched battles with ‘myalls’ might be dismissed by the sceptic as unsupported hearsay.
To speed up a Border Collie, pitch the voice high and quick.
He was a little too excited, his voice pitched a fraction too high.
I have two drivers, one brassy, a baffy or spoon, two cleeks (one shorter than the other), an iron, sometimes one mashie, sometimes two (one for running up and the other for pitch shots), a niblick, and sometimes two putters (one for long running-up putts and the other for holing out). The Complete Golfer
You see things far worse on the pitch all the time go unpunished. The Sun
For a player regularly accused of taking the circuitous route rather too often on the pitch, he is compulsively candid off it. Times, Sunday Times
The grinning, slithering jackanapes is reportedly going to concentrate his sales pitch on the U.S., suspecting that we Brits would sooner chew our tongues than buy his book when it is published on Sept. 13. Boycott Blair's Book!
Excitement rose to fever pitch the day before the procession.
In a bunt, the aircraft experiences a rapid, uncontrolled, tight forward pitching rotation.
The pressure has now reached such a pitch that White can no longer hold out in the centre, but must declare his intentions. Times, Sunday Times
And Lee found that certain words were verboten while in pitch mode.
Scragg, meanwhile, stuck to her graymare, and went bumping along to the admiration of all beholders, and was soon out of sight: luckily a joskin, who witnessed my dear aunt's immersion, ran to her assistance, and, with the help of his pitch-fork, safely landed her; for unfortunately the pond was not above three or four feet deep! and so she missed the chance of being an angel! Sketches — Volume 05
He marks out small-sized pitches for drills with old inner tubes from bicycle tyres. Times, Sunday Times
He was taken to hospital after his collapse on the pitch.
It would have taken a sledgehammer to keep me off the pitch. The Sun
He's a rookie, spent a year in the minors after pitching for Stanford.
The much-needed cash injection means Astroturf pitches and multi-purpose sports and arts halls could be built at schools around the country.
This streaker has committed at least two arrestable offences by showing himself in public and running onto the pitch.
He turned, mischief in his eyes, and pitched it at her head.
Booksellers are keen to pitch for school business.
Pitch black -- hott, raw, and the fewer the lines the better for vin diesel as an actor. really liked how deadly he was with the knife. Vin Diesel and David Twohy to Finally Make 3rd CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK – Collider.com
Whilst the traditional different places of employment obviously differ (from, the smell of the "briny" with a cooking range being pitched up and down with the ship by the waves; to the unwanted inclusion of sand, leaves and insects in the field; to the salubrious comfort of an air base), the core skills, role and esprit must be common throughout the three Services. Army Rumour Service
There has been plenty of mud-slinging over the state of their pitch this season. The Sun
They know the frustration, the anxiety, the helplessness and the embarrassment of being on the mound and throwing pitches nowhere near home plate, heaving some to the backstop.
Each company was given ten minutes to make its pitch.
It's a typically riotous mix of oompah music-hall cavortings, slurred-pitch Middle Eastern rhapsodising, luxuriously sensuous clarinet love-songs, and stormy collective blasts reminiscent of the 1960s John Coltrane quartet. Gilad Atzmon Orient House Ensemble: The Tide Has Changed
He took position on her right side to support should the ship suddenly pitch or roll with the waves.
Regional manager Gavin Pritchard said the number of pitches more than doubled and they now have 113 hardstanding pitches, as well as a new toilet block with modern facilities, new reception and roads.
What a wonderful place the city had been to leave, as I looked down at it through the free and lucid air, the plane pitching in the thunderstorm which loomed as usual over Kenscoff.
Great news for all you crazy Westlife fans who like to go camping - the fabulous fivesome will be appearing in the flesh at HMV next Friday so get pitching your tents!
The experiment indicated that the angular rate sensor can sense the angular rate of pitching of rotating carrier.
The hosts could not cope with the diminutive striker on a boggy pitch. The Sun
I suspect this match will not be the best advertisement for it - the pitch is the kind that'll drive the bowlers to drink and dissolution.
The debate in Birmingham has reached something like fever pitch, now that the city council is faced with two rival development schemes.
And the biggest shock was that it was scored by a man who had been the worst player on the pitch up until that point. The Sun
The game was delayed by more than an hour after a torrential downpour made the pitch virtually unplayable. Times, Sunday Times
It is only an ass like Justice Shallow, who would pitch upon the over-scutched tunes, which the carmen whistled, and try to pass them off as his FANCIES and his Chronicles of the Canongate
The only rugby that trio have played together so far has been on the training pitch. The Sun
Speculation about an imminent revaluation of China's renminbi against the dollar reached a fever pitch last week in the markets.
The nation was at fever pitch in the days leading up to the election.
I objected, my voice rising in pitch of its own accord.
Listen long enough and you can hear the high-pitched, enthusiastic yip yowl of coyotes; the long, keening howl of the wolves.
Unless there's a specific pitch or bank error you actively want to correct, don't touch the controls.
Parker, who suffered a mild concussion, was monitored overnight by Dodgers officials and by his roommate, pitcher Jim Bruske.
It was decided that Paul would be slid down the talus slope in a stokes litter, and we all pitched in to wrestle him down.
The intersections become street-performing pitches, and crowds of hundreds watch someone escape from a straitjacket or juggle machetes or eat fire.
You can also toss nonanimal food waste on the pile, but you will need to turn it more frequently with a shovel, pitchfork, or specialized tool to prevent odors that will attract vermin—and annoy you and the neighbors. Tip of the day: Compost your leaves this fall
The house, with its steeply pitched red-tiled roof, precipitous gables and tall tapering chimneys, is L-shaped with a well-head in the angle, its conical top resembling a Welsh wizard's hat.
She poured two glasses of iced tea from a glass pitcher.
The pitch: A kid has the ability to enter storyland, where he teams up with three other fairy tale characters to solve problems. A geek parent’s guide to kids’ edutainment
But the thing is that players are remembered for their deeds on the pitch, not in the media.
They also asked for a pitcher of lemonade to wash down their meal with.
Let us hope for a speedy solution to our transfer dealings and one where the big decisions made are for the good of the club on the pitch.
His sophomore year, he was unable to pitch due to unsportsmanlike conduct directed towards one of the umpires that had gotten him ejected for the rest of the state tournament.
He didn't knock back a pitcher of lemonade before he staggered onto the stage.
The controversy reached such a pitch that the paper devoted a whole page to it.
Thought of as a minor pickup at the trade deadline, Kerry Wood has shined in pinstripes since joining the Yankees, allowing just two runs in 26 innings pitched. Is Kerry Wood a Ticking Time Bomb in the Bullpen?
Players and staff from both benches aimed kicks and punches at each other at the final whistle before fans invaded the pitch. The Sun
The fans rushed onto the pitch in an excited mob.
Every other pitcher on the team steps aside to accommodate the big kahuna.
He wore pitch-black pants and a black shirt with understated ruffles at the neck and sleeves.
He has been chasing bad pitches and appears overeager.
You had to be careful doing it out there on the synthetic pitches. The Sun
He heard rejection after rejection until he oh-so-slightly rephrased his sales pitch.
From there, I increased pitch gently to pull the thousand-pound mule into the air.
The sales pitch suggests that the experience will build character and transform lives. Times, Sunday Times
To him, the scarecrow is not just a mere pitchman; he is Carbunkle’s savior. Collect This Now! The Cereal Killings | Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources – Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment
Jim Koch loves to talk about little companies that take on the Big Guys: artisanal-cheese makers who battle importers, the microdistillers who taunt liquor giants — and, most of all, the tiny microbrewer who elbows aside industry behemoths with a full-flavored beer and a well-crafted marketing pitch. Beer Baron
Be especially careful not to swear in front of little children. Little pitchers have long ears.
It was the "cluk-cluk" of water moving about inside the butt, its motion being caused by the pitching of the ship, and a slight rolling of the cask itself, which had not been steadily "cleated" in its place. The Boy Tar
But Mr Caruso has brought the open - air mall to a pitch of ersatz perfection.
He raised his voice to an even higher pitch.
The ball was old and the pitch was slow and Jones, as was his wont, was moving around the crease to disrupt the bowler's line. Jack decided to stand up to the stumps.
Huong waved with both hands in Victnamese gestures that Rob translated to mean, stow the pitcher and glasses.
These pitches are definitely not a pretty sight, and they most certainly are not tended with loving care.
Sports would be a far more amusing place if it relaxed, exhaled and learned a lesson from this lo-fi World Series between Texas and San Francisco, which the Giants now lead three games to one after a brilliant 4-0 shutout win propelled by rookie pitcher Madison Bumgarner. If Only the Entire Sports World Were as Wacky
You just don't call a measly step or even two on a legend nicknamed "Air" any more than you call Barry Bonds, reputed to have the best eye at the plate in baseball, out on strikes on a borderline pitch. Starr Gazing: Is The Fix In?
Apart from one brief pitch invasion when Sunderland scored, the supporters of both clubs behaved impeccably.
But as he lay and devoured the new 'white breid,' his satisfaction -- the bare delight of his animal existence -- reached a pitch such as even this imagination, stinted with poverty, and frost-bitten with maternal oppression, had never conceived possible. Robert Falconer
She had a shrill high - pitched voice.
Starting on C major, they ascend in pitch utilizing the key signatures that employ no more than four sharps or fiats.
The rules against corking bats, applying foreign substances to the ball, and so forth are cheats that either don’t work, or require a fair amount of skill to execute (a spitter is not an easy pitch to throw). Matthew Yglesias » PEDs
There have been problems with the pitch since the new stadium opened just over two years ago. The Sun
To give one example, a red pellet could contain substances such as potassium perchlorate and strontium carbonate, besides pitch as fuel and starch as binder.
He clambered over a wall in pitch dark last Sunday night. Times, Sunday Times
We used different pitches on different days during the week. The Sun
The test is pitched at a high GCSE standard.
The design of servo system for pitch attitudes of a mine hunting sonar array was made using frequency domain control and variable structure control respectively.
They keyed a piano up to concert pitch.
Why pitch on me? I'm not to blame!
His car ran into a wall and he was pitched out.
Three on-board computers must adjust the plane's pitch and roll 40 times a second.
I'd spent a good enough deal of my life being picked on - I'm short, I have kind of a high-pitched voice, both things that will get you made fun of by other kids in school.
Hither ascended a _cantonnier_ when the new road was made up the valley, and here he found chipped flints of primeval man, a polished celt, a scrap of Samian ware, and in a niche at the side sealed up with stalactite, a tiny earthenware pitcher 2-1/2 inches high, a leaden spindle-whorl, some shells, and a toy sheep-bell. Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe
There are also at least two paramedics by the pitch and stretcher bearers are on standby. The Sun
it is an offshoot of boules, but with different rules, and using a partially sloped pitch.
The smallest and highest - pitched member of the violin family. Lesson based on UK ABRSM syllabus.
But as the game's tempo reached fever pitch, Saunders squandered a golden opportunity to grab an equaliser.
But if restrictions off the field of play are irksome it's nothing compared to the turmoil he's going through on the pitch these days.
The dynamic hysteresis depend on reduced frequency pitching rates and pivot positions.
It is cropped close to the low-pitched gable roof of a ranch house where a mysterious figure enclosed in the oval medallion floats by.
In front of him was a man holding a pitcher filled with some liquid.
The garage has a pitched roof, not a flat one.
The house's low roof pitch and deep overhangs shield it from the fierce elements of salt, rain, and wind.
A narrow inclined rift leads out to the head of the pitch, and a large wedged block provides an initial belay for a traverse at roof level to the first section of the pitch.
It was pitch black, with snow and slush dotting the cobblestone paths.
More importantly, unlike the other two, he made his physical presence known at both ends of the pitch.
That's fine, but to make the transition from pitcher to slugging outfielder is phenomenal. Ankiel's comeback has Cardinals back in swing
Draught horses are led around the smaller ring, and nearby dozens of stationary engines chuff, splutter and bounce on individual pitches. Country diary: Stithians, Cornwall
At the east end of the playing fields there would be a £500,000 floodlit all-weather football and hockey pitch.
Okay, that'll be a pitcher of Bud Light and four frosty mugs.
The crowd managed to break through the barriers and get onto the pitch.
Rain had made the pitch rather dead.
His season on the pitch has not been too eye-catching but his selfless act in donating the receipts of his testimonial game to children's charities is one of the greatest things a Premiership footballer had done this season.
Shouts of "Howzat!" resounded across a Beijing football pitch as Chinas cricketers battled yesterday for victory in the first final of the National Cricket Tournament.
Guerrero, 27, is one of the game's most electrifying players, a hitter equally adept at crushing pitches that are a foot over his head or an inch off the ground.
Then what you do is just kinda pitch yourself off down the hill. Times, Sunday Times

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