How to Use centerline in a Sentence

centerline

noun

• The car crossed the centerline and then sideswiped the motorhome.
  — Steven Dubois, The Seattle Times, 26 Apr. 2017
• Now go back to the centerline and start the second row the same way.
  — Sal Vaglica, USA TODAY, 8 May 2022
• The report didn't say what may have caused the Ranger to cross the centerline.
  — Josh Snyder, Arkansas Online, 9 Dec. 2019
• Offset refers to the distance from the centerline of the wheel to the mounting hub.
  — Ezra Dyer, Popular Mechanics, 5 Oct. 2020
• The nail pops are roughly at the house's centerline, front-to-rear.
  — Washington Post, 2 Aug. 2021
• Draw a light centerline along the top edge of the handle and drill holes about 3⁄16 inch apart.
  — Dave Hurteau, Field & Stream, 29 June 2023
• The centerline is the line that extends from the baseline to the non-volley line.
  — Bethany Ao, Philly.com, 12 July 2018
• His S.U.V. crossed the centerline, plunged into a ditch and hit a tree.
  — Catherine Porter Photographs and Video By Leslye Davis, New York Times, 25 May 2017
• Use the centerline to guide you, and watch your mirrors.
  — Scott Sturgis, Philly.com, 7 June 2018
• One of those bells goes off every time the car breaches the centerline.
  — Sue Halpern, Slate Magazine, 3 Apr. 2017
• Measure and mark the centerlines of the holes for the bench dogs based on the diagram on the opposite page.
  — Richard Romanski, Popular Mechanics, 18 Jan. 2020
• The patrol said the SUV crossed the centerline, went into the ditch and struck a tree, then a utility pole.
  — Paul Walsh, Star Tribune, 14 May 2021
• To take just one example, the pool doesn’t sit on the ship’s centerline, as is common.
  — David Swanson, Travel + Leisure, 27 May 2024
• The offset is the distance from the hub mounting surface and the wheel’s centerline, which is the middle point between the rims.
  — Mike Allen, Popular Mechanics, 28 June 2020
• Ideally, your eyeline will fall right on the centerline of the TV.
  — Popular Science, 5 Dec. 2020
• The patrol has yet to say which vehicle strayed over the centerline.
  — Paul Walsh, Star Tribune, 4 May 2021
• In March, a cop pulled him over for crossing the centerline, in Cleveland County.
  — The New Yorker, 2 May 2022
• Dobbins struck the left rear of the Chevrolet and traveled over the centerline, according to OSP.
  — The Enquirer, 14 July 2023
• Under code, buildings must stand at least 125 from the road’s centerline.
  — Bob Sandrick, cleveland.com, 30 July 2019
• The city can also be used as a base to go for the west towards the centerline and four minutes of totality.
  — Jamie Carter, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2024
• To set hand spacing, put the centerline of the kayak paddle on your head, then make goal posts with your arms at 90-degree angles.
  — The Washington Post, The Know, 8 Sep. 2019
• The most likely path is along the centerline of the cone, with the probability falling off toward the edges.
  — Jessica Hullman, Scientific American, 3 Sep. 2019
• The routing is on paper, and the centerlines have been identified.
  — Mark Kazlowski, Dallas News, 12 May 2023
• The driver and two other teens in the BMW that crossed the centerline were not injured to the point of needing hospital care, Blakley said.
  — Omari Daniels, Washington Post, 3 May 2023
• The driver and passenger sit close to each other near the centerline of the car, nearly as shoulder-to-shoulder as in a McLaren.
  — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 12 Mar. 2020
• The father of her baby was driving fast, weaving over the centerline.
  — Michelle Theriault Boots, Anchorage Daily News, 24 May 2021
• The driver crossed the centerline, striking a 2020 GMC Acadia head-on, troopers said.
  — Brianna Kwasnik, Arkansas Online, 5 Apr. 2021
• Turns out a distracted driver crossed the centerline and slammed into my wife’s car head-on.
  — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 11 Dec. 2022
• Take two pieces of scrap poplar, clamp them together, and mark straight across them to indicate a centerline.
  — Richard Romanski, Popular Mechanics, 15 Feb. 2020
• Hartford police previously said the girl reached the yellow centerline of the road and stopped before she was struck.
  — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 2 July 2024

Last Updated: 17 Dec 2024