line shot
Example Sentences
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One example: a 1975 Tommy Harper line shot toward the left-field foul pole.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026
Straw tripled and Kwan walked before Rosario hit his 11th homer, a line shot over the wall in left.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 19, 2022
“Because I think the first time I touched the ball I caught it in the corner and toed behind the line, shot it and made it.”
From New York Times ● Dec. 15, 2021
Chargers defensive end Uchenna Nwosu blew past Leno on the rush for a straight line shot on the quarterback, crushing him on a hit that forced the journeyman out of the game.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 14, 2021
But her oblivion had been penetrated by an unexpected line, shot like a poisoned arrow from the sober text:— Breast of his mother should pierce with a wound sempiternal, unhealing.
From Roads from Rome by Allinson, Anne C. E. (Anne Crosby Emery)
