imaginary line

Example Sentences

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With his right index finger, Osada drew an imaginary line across his windshield.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2025

The terminator is the imaginary line that separates the day and night sides of a planet.

From Science Daily • Apr. 5, 2024

There’s really no need for people to try to get in front of some imaginary line where the money’s going to be given out really quickly.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 20, 2023

The imaginary line runs north from the U.S.-Mexico border up to Canada, dividing the wetter eastern U.S. from the drier western U.S.

From Scientific American • May 11, 2023

This is the place, a kind of imaginary line in the ocean, where all ships going east add an extra day to that week and all ships going west drop a day.

From "Homesick" by Jean Fritz