draw a line

Example Sentences

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Bayer announced last month that Monsanto had put forward the settlement of up $7.25 billion, seeking to draw a line under years of costly litigation.

From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026

“I will never feel complete until I can finish that journey and arrive at 221b Baker Street and meet John Watson and draw a line through the word ‘young.’”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026

If you do decide to pay him in order to draw a line under this, wait and see if his last visit fixes the problem.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 7, 2026

The idea was it would draw a line under the Swiss banks’ activities forever, no matter whether any additional information was found.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026

I take my pencil and draw a line through “Will drawing.”

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott