pitch

Definition:
1. The property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration.
2. (baseball) the throwing of a baseball by a pitcher to a batter.
3. Throw or toss with a light motion.
4. Move abruptly.

Use 'pitch' in a sentence:

• 1. His beard was as black as pitch, and so long that it reached from his chin down to his feet.
• 2. All too often you pitch the ball short.
• 3. People watch football and enjoy it, but we must fight for ourselves on the pitch.
• 4. You have a long pitch which is 22 yards long.
• 5. He was stretchered off the pitch with a broken leg.
• 6. The president speaks in New York today, making another pitch for his economic programme.
• 7. The next pitch on the trumpet is actually an interval of a fifth.
• 8. Representatives went to Japan to pitch the company's newest products.
• 9. The explosion pitched her violently into the air.
• 10. We were pitching against a much larger company for the contract.
• 11. He spends all his spare time on the football pitch.
• 12. Double kill: A play in which two outs are made with one pitch.
• 13. The closer it came in pitch to the first one, the hard it became for the dolphin to correctly identify it as low.
• 14. Soriano hit Peavy's first pitch, a 90-mph fastball, down the left-field line.
• 15. They couldn't play because the pitch was waterlogged.
• 16. The public's feelings were at a high pitch of indignation.
• 17. They have pitched their prices too high.
• 18. Speculation has reached such a pitch that a decision will have to be made immediately.
• 19. He raised his voice to an even higher pitch.
• 20. They scratched lines in the dirt to mark out a pitch.
• 21. What I'd like to do now is focus on a piece that emphasizes and foregrounds just the first axis, pitch.
• 22. She started pitching into me as soon as I arrived.
• 23. You can't just pitch up and expect to get in without a ticket.
• 24. The demonstration escalated into a pitched battle with the police.
• 25. Pitch the tent on level ground.
• 26. We scoured the area for somewhere to pitch our tent.
• 27. They found a spot on a rocky platform where they could pitch their tents.
• 28. Orange juice is to be pitched as an athlete's drink.
• 29. Everyone pitched in with the work.
• 30. Campaigning is reaching fever pitch for elections on November 6.
• 31. Excitement has been at fever pitch for days.
• 32. In the sudden pitch darkness, she scrambled clumsily toward the ladder.
• 33. Local companies pitched in with building materials and labour.
• 34. We could pitch our tent in that field.
• 35. We all pitched in$ 10 to buy her a gift.
• 36. Speculation about his future had reached fever pitch.
• 37. His sales pitch was smooth and convincing.
• 38. Each company was given ten minutes to make its pitch.
• 39. The ball pitched a yard short.
• 40. The new software is being pitched at banks.
• 41. The song was pitched too low for my voice.
• 42. The test was pitched at too low a level for the students.
• 43. They pitched camp for the night near the river.
• 44. The rugby tour was a disaster both on and off the pitch.
• 45. The new government has already been pitched into a crisis.
• 46. With a cry she pitched forward.
• 47. A basic sense of rhythm and pitch is essential in a music teacher.