Examples of line drive in a Sentence
He hit a hard line drive to the shortstop.
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Aaron Judge dropped a line drive in center field for his first error all season.
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Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024
The goal is to hit the ball hard and hit line drives and barrel them up.
—Dan Hayes, The Athletic, 17 Aug. 2024
Forgotten about this Series, and just as damaging to the Dodgers as Owen’s blunder: Freddie Fitzsimmons was sailing along in Game 3, shutting out the Yankees, when the final out of the seventh — a line drive by Marius Russo — bounced off Fitzsimmons’ leg, breaking his kneecap.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
Though not physically imposing, his hands whip through the hitting zone swiftly enough to create a lot of solid line drives.
—Chuck Murr, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
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Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024
The goal is to hit the ball hard and hit line drives and barrel them up.
—Dan Hayes, The Athletic, 17 Aug. 2024
Forgotten about this Series, and just as damaging to the Dodgers as Owen’s blunder: Freddie Fitzsimmons was sailing along in Game 3, shutting out the Yankees, when the final out of the seventh — a line drive by Marius Russo — bounced off Fitzsimmons’ leg, breaking his kneecap.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
Though not physically imposing, his hands whip through the hitting zone swiftly enough to create a lot of solid line drives.
—Chuck Murr, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
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“Line drive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/line%20drive. Accessed 8 Jan. 2025.
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