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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
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Word History
First Known Use
1903, in the meaning defined above
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“Line drive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/line%20drive. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
Kids Definition
line drive
noun
: a batted baseball hit not far above the ground in a nearly straight line
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