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lob - use in sentences
Object
- goalkeeper: VS came close to an equalizer when Ashley Warner raced clear and tried to lob the goalkeeper in the 49th minute.
- missile: Launch yourself off the plateau at 2:2, and lob a missile at it as you go past.
- brick: An alarming trend to lob bricks by people in glass houses was reported in suburbia yesterday.
Converse of object
- hit: After a let, Matthew hit a high lob which died in the back wall nick to put himself into his first final.
Preposition: over
- keeper: Jebus did finally breach the defense with a brilliant lob over the keeper 's head.
Adjective modifier
- deft: The keeper was left hopelessly stranded as Chris Moore beat him with a deft 10-yard lob into the empty net.
- attempted: The veteran spotted Acton off his line but his attempted lob was high, wide and not very handsome.
- speculative: But the lead lasted just five minutes, as Paul Evans scored with a speculative long range lob over the back pedaling Dean Williams.
- cheeky: Heath-Preston set up a grandstand finish with a cheeky lob on 65 minutes.
- clever: Two clever lobs beat the ' keeper but went over the crossbar and Hayward made two great saves from other efforts.
- neat: Scotland was picked out with ease and his neat lob gave Cairns no chance.
Modifies a noun
- worm: The most commonly found worm in the garden is the lob worm.
- wedge: Gallacher struck his lob wedge to within three feet for a certain birdie.
- bowler: The battle of the lob bowlers was joined again.
Noun used with modifier
- yard: The all action Bowyer managed to work an opening, but saw his 20 yard lob clear the bar by a fraction.
Preposition: from
- yard: The ball went to Brennan, who produced an audacious lob from 40 yards to score his first Robins goal.
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