PBA

American  

abbreviation

1. Police Benevolent Association.

2. Professional Bowlers Association.

3. Also called emotional incontinence.  pseudobulbar affect.

4. Public Buildings Administration.

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Example Sentences

HBO’s five-part docuseries, executive produced by Ben Stiller, follows five bowlers on the PBA tour as they grind away in a sport with an uncertain future.

From Los Angeles Times

Cameron Crowe, a cheery Black bowler, is the newer kid, good enough to play in this company, but with no PBA titles to his name.

From Los Angeles Times

But the show may be over: A deal between the PBA and Fox Sports is ending, and “if there’s no deal, there’s no season, and if there’s no season, there’s no prize money.”

From Los Angeles Times

Anthony “Simo” Simonsen, the youngest person ever to win a PBA major title at 19, is battling a back problem, has a temper and swears a lot; he dropped out of high school at 15 and began bowling “to survive.”

From Los Angeles Times

As directors Hernandez and Lazarte seem well aware, there’s a reason the PBA doesn’t operate the largest spectator sport in the country.

From The Wall Street Journal