home run
noun
1
: a hit in baseball that enables the batter to make a complete circuit of the bases and score a run
2
: an impressive success
the president's speech was a home run
Examples of home run in a Sentence
He hit three home runs.
Recent Examples on the Web
But Ohtani turned it around in the fifth, crushing a 450-foot home run to right field.
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Jamie Barton, CNN, 9 Sep. 2024
Never mind that Olson led the majors with 54 home runs and 139 runs batted in a year ago.
Albies and Riley, both recovering from hand injuries, are expected back in time for the playoffs – provided Atlanta can get there.
—Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 8 Sep. 2024
Thanks to some help from Shohei Ohtani, who hit the third deck in right field at Dodger Stadium with his 46th home run of the year, the Dodgers were victorious, too, taking two of three games this weekend from a fellow first-place club with a 4-0 win.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2024
The rookie righty walked five, gave up a home run to Eugenio Suarez in the second and made a throwing error while delivering 77 pitches.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 4 Sep. 2024
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Jamie Barton, CNN, 9 Sep. 2024
Never mind that Olson led the majors with 54 home runs and 139 runs batted in a year ago.
Albies and Riley, both recovering from hand injuries, are expected back in time for the playoffs – provided Atlanta can get there.
—Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 8 Sep. 2024
Thanks to some help from Shohei Ohtani, who hit the third deck in right field at Dodger Stadium with his 46th home run of the year, the Dodgers were victorious, too, taking two of three games this weekend from a fellow first-place club with a 4-0 win.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2024
The rookie righty walked five, gave up a home run to Eugenio Suarez in the second and made a throwing error while delivering 77 pitches.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 4 Sep. 2024
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