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
“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
They were kept in position by a laser line shot out by a pace car driving fifteen metres in front of them the whole way.
From The New Yorker • Oct. 12, 2019
A spur of railway line shot out to the site of the new flying grounds.
From The Brighton Boys with the Flying Corps by Driscoll, James R. [pseud.]
