Used in a Sentence

batted

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for batted.

Editorial note

If it had been a military deployment, though, no one would have batted an eye.

Examples16
Definitions1
Parts of speech1

Quick take

Carrying a bat (the sports equipment, but maybe also the animal).

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of batted gathered in one view.

adjective

Carrying a bat (the sports equipment, but maybe also the animal).

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for batted.

adjective

Carrying a bat (the sports equipment, but maybe also the animal).

Example sentences

1

If it had been a military deployment, though, no one would have batted an eye.

2

Nobody ever batted an eye and definitely were not the kids living furthest from school and not the only ones walking unsupervised.

3

That has happened in the past, when the P2SH proposal was batted around, pools voted, and people did switch based on their politics.

4

Nobody batted an eye at a 6 year old kid walking into a store to return some bottles so he could buy a lolipop.

5

I've heard the number 1-2% batted around for the fraction of female open source developers (i.e.

6

Surprisingly, other email providers (yahoo, ms, aol) never batted an eye.

7

In the same way I never batted an eyelid with David Welton's Slicehost vs.

8

I'm currently at 5TB of my 8TB cap and Linode hasn't batted an eye.

9

It took about 5 emails getting batted around before I found out.

10

As someone who's batted above and below his league, trust me when I say that being yourself is the only way to lasting commitment/happiness.

11

I probably wouldn't fly one around a newborn, but I've had it batted out of the air by a 2 year old in full view of his laughing mother.

12

> Nobody batted an eye at a 6 year old kid walking into a store to return some bottles so he could buy a lolipop.

Quote examples

1

Or, perhaps: "And he stopped drinking, and nobody batted an eye".

2

"If it had been a military deployment, though, no one would have batted an eye." Right!

3

Same here: A friend and I actually batted around the idea of launching reader called "Every 3rd Tweet" -- seems to be a common problem.

4

When Hulu's CEO called the TV networks "content providers" in that well-linked blog post a little whie back, few people batted an eye, but that was a huge slap in the face to those guys.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use batted in a sentence?

If it had been a military deployment, though, no one would have batted an eye.

What does batted mean?

Carrying a bat (the sports equipment, but maybe also the animal).

What part of speech is batted?

batted is commonly used as adjective.