in straight line
Example Sentences
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There is no pier, but a swell and discoloration, projecting in straight line seawards, marks where a mole had once stood.
From Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. II) by O'Shea, John Augustus
Usually the stream mouths by an ugly little bar at some distance from the roadstead; after heavy rains it bursts the sand-strip and discharges in straight line.
From To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
Length in straight line from nose to root of tail, 6 ft.
From American Big Game in Its Haunts by Various
Then, laying one stick across the bucket as a base, I raised the other till the two sight notches on its upper edge were in straight line for the Pole-star.
From Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 by Boy Scouts of America
At that time there was placed in it the largest number of Monroe possessions in existence, handed down for five generations in straight line to his descendants, who made the shrine possible.
From Legends of the Skyline Drive and the Great Valley of Virginia by Northington, Etta Belle Walker
