How to Use cross the line in a Sentence

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• But a few moments this season cross the line from boldly artistic to pretentious.
  — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 27 June 2024
• Remember, there’s no need to cross the line into manipulating your listeners to feel sorry for you!
  — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 9 May 2024
• The first person to cross the line wins, and gets to keep the cheese.
  — Jennifer Hassan, Washington Post, 30 May 2023
• The first person to cross the line wins, and gets to keep the cheese.
  — Jennifer Hassan, Washington Post, 30 May 2023
• For platforms that cross the line, the law does not tax or fine.
  — James Slezak, Wired, 23 Feb. 2021
• The Vikings are led by Johnson, who is the favorite to cross the line first.
  — Joe Magill, cleveland, 8 Sep. 2022
• In this case, the court found that a disgruntled client didn’t cross the line.
  — Jack Greiner, The Enquirer, 12 Apr. 2022
• The junior, who was the third Howard runner to cross the line, finished eighth in 19:25.
  — Jacob Calvin Meyer, baltimoresun.com, 11 June 2021
• Apple called it a dirty play and said he’s seen Jones cross the line before.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 1 Jan. 2023
• The bears don't appear to cross the line into overtly raunchy.
  — NBC News, 7 Feb. 2022
• In light of Georgia’s loose restrictions, that is not enough to cross the line.
  — Norm Eisen & Fred Wertheimer, CNN, 23 Feb. 2023
• There was a faint, crisp sweetness to it, which didn’t cross the line into cloying.
  — Lucas Kwan Peterson, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2023
• There was a faint, crisp sweetness to it, which didn’t cross the line into cloying.
  — Lucas Kwan Peterson, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2023
• Singer was adept at sensing who among his clients were desperate enough to cross the line.
  — Matthew Ormsethstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2023
• But even a good habit can cross the line into compulsive overuse.
  — Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2022
• Some of his experiments with sound also cross the line from bold to corny.
  — Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2023
• Mills tried to keep the ball from crossing the goal line, but after a slight delay, the referee declared that the ball did cross the line for a goal.
  — Randy McRoberts, baltimoresun.com, 6 Nov. 2021
• Jaret Anderson-Dolan’s backhand went off Quick’s left shoulder and down his back, but didn’t cross the line.
  — Joe Reedy, USA TODAY, 21 Jan. 2024
• Your friends could have big plans that cross the line from exciting into grandiose today.
  — Chicago Tribune, 4 Nov. 2022
• Maghalie Rochette, of Canada, finished seventh and was the first North American to cross the line.
  — Arkansas Online, 30 Jan. 2022
• And, there are certain forms of therapy that cross the line entirely.
  — Ishani Nath, refinery29.com, 17 Apr. 2023
• That left American runner Melanie Pozdol, the third runner to cross the line in 6:41, as the one who was declared the winner of the women’s race.
  — Brian Metzler, Outside Online, 17 Oct. 2022
• On my watch, faculty who make remarks that cross the line, there will be consequences for that.
  — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 17 Apr. 2024
• But at what point do our expectations cross the line from reasonable to the outlandish?
  — Paul Talbot, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2021
• The ensuing kick hit the underside of the crossbar and bounced off the turf and out, but after VAR review, it was determined that the ball did in fact cross the line.
  — oregonlive, 21 Aug. 2023
• The one group that was never allowed to cross the line into whiteness, African Americans, may not have as many options.
  — New York Times, 13 Aug. 2021
• James Taylor teaches seventh grade in Oklahoma City and said the new law addresses those who cross the line.
  — Tawnell D. Hobbs, WSJ, 29 May 2021
• The last are gory and grotesque, images that are unshakable, stark, and maybe even cross the line in driving home the gleeful violence employed by the police.
  — Roxana Hadadi, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2021
• The runner-up will not cross the line for 5 more minutes, exposing a strikingly weak field for the world’s oldest active marathon.
  — Brian MacQuarrie, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Apr. 2023
• More:Did special counsel cross the line in bashing Biden's memory?
  — David Jackson, USA TODAY, 10 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 12 Nov 2024