inning
IPA: ˈɪnɪŋ
noun
- (baseball) A period of play in which members of a visiting baseball team attempt to hit a baseball pitched by the opposing home team until three players are called out, followed by a similar attempt by members of the home baseball team against the visiting team's pitching. There are nine or more innings in a regulation baseball game.
- (softball) A similar period of play.
- (billiards) A player (or team)'s turn at the table to make shots until ended by a miss or a foul.
- A chance or opportunity to perform some deed or act.
- (obsolete) The gathering of a crop; harvesting.
- (obsolete) Lands recovered from the sea.
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Examples of "inning" in Sentences
- The Cardinals won the game the following inning.
- The dismissal was to set the tone of the innings.
- The game remained quiet until the top of the 7th inning.
- In the top of the ninth inning, the Yankees tied up the game.
- He exited the game in the eighth inning to a standing ovation.
- The Yankees later won the game in the 11th inning and swept the series.
- Despite the adversity, they still won the game in the fourteenth inning.
- Late in the game, a swarm of insects circled the mound in the late innings.
- The game resumed with the Phillies batting in the bottom of the sixth inning.
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