draw the line
Example Sentences
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They also must decide whether to attach any strings to their gifts and where to draw the line.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
It is, no doubt, an encouraging sign that five justices will still draw the line somewhere.
From Slate • May 28, 2026
Decisions about where to draw the line determine when an algorithmic suspicion becomes a real-world police action, even though the public rarely sees or debates how those thresholds are set.
From Salon • May 12, 2026
"This study shows that there's a speciation 'gray zone' that can make it hard to draw the line," Chan said.
From Science Daily • Mar. 9, 2026
It is often difficult to work out quite where to draw the line when dealing with actor’s concepts.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
