line drive

noun

: a batted baseball hit in a nearly straight line usually not far above the ground

Examples of line drive in a Sentence

He hit a hard line drive to the shortstop.
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Tommy Edman followed with a sinking line drive to shallow center. Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024 Things went from bad to worse for the Orioles in the next at-bat, Stanton hit a double to bat in three and Anthony Rizzo hit a line drive single to right field to bring home two more, making it 7-0. Jamie Barton, CNN, 27 Sep. 2024 His first swing generated an explosive line drive to right-center field, loudly reverberating throughout the 57-year-old concrete cathedral. Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 22 July 2024 Four pitches later, Betts scored him on a line drive to tie the game and set up the heroics for Freeman. Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for line drive 

Word History

First Known Use

1903, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of line drive was in 1903

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“Line drive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/line%20drive. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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line drive

noun
: a batted baseball hit not far above the ground in a nearly straight line

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