straight line
Example Sentences
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Walk in a straight line placing the heel of one foot directly in front of the toes of the other foot.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
Today’s Western culture isn’t the endpoint of a straight line from the poetry spoken around the Aegean three millennia ago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
"It's not a straight line from a nuclear blast to the front door, like this one."
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
It’s not a straight line from cease-fire to a reopened strait to barrels flooding back to a surplus, and no single one of those steps is automatic, she said.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 2026
She walked a straight line to the ocean, for the pools had frozen and she could follow her compass without deviating.
From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George
