(n.) The state or turn of being in; specifically, in cricket, baseball, etc.,the turn or time of a player or of a side at the bat; -- often in the pl. Hence: The turn or time of a person, or a party, in power; as, the Whigs went out, and the Democrats had their innings.
(n.) Lands recovered from the sea.
Example Sentences:
(1) The Dodgers and Braves are tied 1-1 in the third inning and the Detroit Tigers and Oakland A's ALDS will start at 9:37pm EST.
(2) After the action-packed opening two innings the Cardinals, and particularly Wainwright, settled and the runs dried up.
(3) 10.34pm BST Rays 2 - Red Sox 8, bottom of the 6th David Ortiz leads off the inning against Chris Archer, still in the game, he grounds into the Maddon shift.
(4) Uribe strikes out to end the inning, an eventful one in Los Angels.
(5) Runners at the corners for Daniel Descalso who he hits a hard ground ball right to Barmes at shortstop (not second base), he steps on the bag at second to get Freese for one out, fires to first to get the second out, and that's what we call an inning ending double play...or sometimes we call it a pitchers best friend.
(6) The "respect the game" police are back, (do they ever go away) and after Adrian Gonzalez, who dared to pump his fists following a fourth inning double that brought home LA's first run of the game.
(7) @ hunterfelt October 13, 2012 We have over eight innings to go, so I'd recommended not going too, too hard.
(8) He has 33 pitches through two innings - meaning at this pace he could go eight.
(9) 9.41pm BST Dodgers 0 - Cardinals 0, bottom of the 2nd The "demeaning euphemism for overweight" Matt Adams lines out to Adrian Gonzalez for the second out of the inning.
(10) Workman's facing Avila, gets him in a 1-2 count and then strikes him out to end the inning.
(11) The New York Yankees finally took care of the Baltimore Orioles, without even going into extra innings!
(12) 12.12am GMT Cardinals 0 - Red Sox 0, top of the 1st Matt Holliday, the scariest guy this series but he grounds out to Napoli who makes a nice play to beat him out and it's a 1-2-3 inning even if those weren't the softest outs ever.
(13) Obviously that inning, and game four in general, was frustrating for the Oakland A's, as they squandered several opportunities to knock out the Tigers.
(14) With one out and St Louis needing two runs to force extra innings, an injured Allen Craig came in to pinch hit.
(15) Workman got exactly one out in the ninth inning before Farrell pulled him, so he effectively handed the Cardinals an out.
(16) Tuffey c&b Mongia 11 Mongia into the attack, and his first ball is enough to wrap up the innings.
(17) He could only get a top edge which looped to wicketkeeper Gareth Cross to leave his side at 45 for one in the 22nd over of the innings.
(18) 12.37am BST Seventh inning stretch Usually, this is the time I post a bad youtube clip of someone singing Take Me OUt to the Ballgame.
(19) Somerset were due to resume their first innings on 87 for three in reply to 400 and took six points from the game; Lancashire collected nine.
(20) Roger Kirkby gets his wish - we are going to extra innings!
Winning
Definition:
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Win
(a.) Attracting; adapted to gain favor; charming; as, a winning address.
(n.) The act of obtaining something, as in a contest or by competition.
(n.) The money, etc., gained by success in competition or contest, esp, in gambling; -- usually in the plural.
(n.) A new opening.
(n.) The portion of a coal field out for working.
Example Sentences:
(1) He was the first to win as a captain and a manager.
(2) We knew it would be a strange match because they had to come out and play to win to finish third,” Benitez said afterwards.
(3) Johnson and Campion are optimistic that marriage equality will win out, and soon.
(4) Spotlight is still the favourite to win best picture A dinner in Beverly Hills was hosted in Spotlight’s honor on Sunday night.
(5) As James said in Friday’s announcement, his goal was to win championships, and in Miami he was able to reach the NBA Finals every year.
(6) We are deeply saddened," said Nyan Win, a spokesman of National League for Democracy.
(7) Two years later, Trump tweeted that “Obama’s motto” was: “If I don’t go on taxpayer funded vacations & constantly fundraise then the terrorists win.” The joke, it turns out, is on Trump.
(8) No one expected us to win either of these byelections, but we can’t ignore how disappointing these results are,” he said, referring also to last week’s Richmond Park byelection.
(9) If Del Bosque really want to win this World Cup thingymebob, then he has got to tell Iker Casillas that the jig is up, correct?
(10) Perhaps there were some other generations in Portuguese football with more talent, but they didn’t win.
(11) The review will now be delayed for five years, leaving the next election to be fought on the existing constituency boundaries, and seriously damaging David Cameron's chances of winning an overall majority in 2015.
(12) Everyone is expecting them to win and I think that’s a double-edged sword.
(13) Unfortunately for the governor, he could win both states and still face the overwhelming likelihood of failure if he doesn't take Ohio, where the poll found Obama out front 51-43.
(14) Winning and losing were predicted to be more significant in determining cardiovascular responses for Type A's than for Type B's.
(15) The result will be yet another humiliating hammering for Labour in a seat it could never win, but hey, never mind.
(16) That’s why I thought: ‘I hope Tyson wins – even if he never gives me a shot.’ As long as the heavyweight titles are out of Germany we could have some interesting fights.
(17) In confidence rape, the assailant is known to some degree, however slight, and gains control over his victim by winning her trust.
(18) With their 43-8 win , the Seahawks did more than just produce one of the most dominant performances in Super Bowl history, they gave the city of Seattle its first major professional sports win in 35 years .
(19) Can somebody who is not a billionaire, who stands for working families, actually win an election into which billionaires are pouring millions of dollars?” Naming prominent and controversial rightwing donors, he said: “It is not just Hillary, it is the Koch brothers, it is Sheldon Adelson.” Stephanopoulos seized the moment, asking: “Are you lumping her in with them?” Choosing to refer to the 2010 supreme court decision that removed limits on corporate political donations, rather than address the question directly, Sanders replied: “What I am saying is that I get very frightened about the future of American democracy when this becomes a battle between billionaires.
(20) The only lesson I’ll learn from this is don’t win in the third round.