- bounce
- 01. The basketball [bounced] off the backboard, and dropped into the net.02. The children were [bouncing] a rubber ball against the side of the house.03. The rocks [bounced] down the hillside before coming to a rest in a stream.04. Bats find their food by [bouncing] sound waves off the objects around them.05. The girl's long, blonde hair [bounced] as she walked.06. You children stop [bouncing] on the bed before someone hurts himself.07. The young girl [bounced] into the classroom, laughing with delight.08. There's not much [bounce] left in this basketball. We need to put some more air into it.09. General George Patton once said that success is how high you [bounce] when you hit bottom.10. A raisin dropped into a glass of champagne will repeatedly [bounce] up and down between the top and the bottom of the glass.11. According to manufacturers, the average lifespan of a basketball used in professional basketball is 10,000 [bounces].12. A ball of glass will [bounce] higher than a ball of rubber, and a ball of solid steel will [bounce] higher than one made entirely of glass.13. I must have written down your e-mail address wrong. I tried to send you a message, but it [bounced].14. We'd better deposit some more money into our checking account or the rent check will [bounce].15. The little boy got a black eye when he threw his rubber ball on the sidewalk, and it [bounced] up and hit him in the face.
Grammatical examples in English. 2013.