pitch

[pɪtʃ]

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.