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straight lines

noun as in beeline

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“There are no straight lines in nature, people,” she told us.

Boeing wanted fewer cranked course alterations and more straight lines.

They stop and, in straight lines, practice punch and kick moves in unison.

If you want a more formal look, better to ditch the hankie altogether than impose straight lines.

It is not yet certain whether these movements of our sun and of other solar bodies are in straight lines or in great circles.

Light comes in straight lines only, and a movement of the body is necessary to perceive perils lying outside these lines.

It is not two decades ago when the pupil in drawing was compelled to make straight lines until he made them all crooked.

The expression, besides, is misleading, and you will do well to study up the subject first on straight lines.

All shores seem to be straight lines, then, and mighty dim ones, too; and you'd RUN them for straight lines only you know better.

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On this page you'll find 12 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to straight line, such as: beeline, direct route, in the direction of, most direct route, shortest route, and straight.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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