How to Use lineup in a Sentence

lineup

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  • The team has a powerful lineup.
  • She was asked to pick her attacker out of a lineup.
  • The networks all had different lineups for the new season.
  • And the Move fits right in with the rest of the lineup.
    Brandon Widder, The Verge, 18 Oct. 2023
  • To see the full livestream lineup, check out hulu.com/lollapalooza.
    Tim Chan, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Over the last decade or so, there’s been a handful of changes to the Rangers lineup.
    Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 20 Feb. 2024
  • Then, the spotlight shifted to the East Coast as Eve, the sole female artist in the lineup, graced the stage.
    Shelby Stewart, Essence, 14 Mar. 2024
  • Flenser knows how to pick the next cult bands, and Friday’s lineup was full of them.
    Andy O'Connor, SPIN, 27 June 2023
  • He was scheduled to pitch Thursday, but the lineup is now up in the air.
    Mirna Alsharif, NBC News, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Here are the lineups for Friday night’s game between the Guardians and Rays.
    Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 11 Aug. 2023
  • At the start of the season there were holes throughout the entire lineup.
    Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Feb. 2024
  • Other trims in the lineup will offer you mileage in the very low 20s.
    Josh Max, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Chris Taylor went two for four at the bottom of the lineup.
    Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2024
  • The Red Sox have a left-handed heavy lineup, and Young is the only left-hander in the Reds’ bullpen.
    Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 2 June 2023
  • However, the Dodgers wanted to keep Lux’s bat in the lineup.
    Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2024
  • Bogaerts, the great Juan Soto and Machado in the middle of the lineup?
    Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 18 Feb. 2023
  • Here are the starting lineups for Sunday’s game between the Guardians and Rangers.
    Joe Noga, cleveland, 17 Sep. 2023
  • The all-conference pick from last year out of Highlands has left a big void in the lineup.
    James Weber, The Enquirer, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Here are lineups for Tuesday night’s game between the Guardian and Twins.
    Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 5 Sep. 2023
  • An off-road-ready Force E model is said to be joining the lineup later by the end of the year.
    Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 10 May 2023
  • The first three batters in the lineup on Wednesday: Ohtani, Betts and Freeman.
    Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
  • The cruise will host roughly 3,800 guests, with the lineup be to be announced later this year.
    Katie Bain, Billboard, 16 Feb. 2023
  • The junior catcher has been in and out of the lineup at her favorite spot all season.
    Rick Armstrong, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2023
  • So Thommy moved out wide, while the lineup shifted around him.
    Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 29 Mar. 2024
  • Houston's lineup is the best in the American League when healthy.
    Michael Shapiro, Chron, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Well, the same goes for the SUVs in the upscale Korean brand’s lineup.
    Brett Berk, Good Housekeeping, 4 Apr. 2023
  • Check out a lineup of classic cars right in downtown Solvang.
    Sponsored Content, The Mercury News, 25 Sep. 2024
  • On Wednesday, the Rangers put Smith in the No. 2 position, opting not to move around anybody else in the top half of the lineup.
    Evan Grant, Dallas News, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Plus, for more shopping recommendations, head to the Allure Amazon Storefront to find our editors' current lineup of beauty essentials.
    Annie Blackman, Allure, 23 Nov. 2024
  • Dealers are furious and say that parent company Stellantis is ruining a good thing by jacking up prices and mismanaging its vehicle lineup.
    Daniel Wine, CNN, 21 Nov. 2024
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2 of 2 verb
  • The sausages stretched in the outfield as the chefs lined up along the third base line.
    Rachel Bernhard, Journal Sentinel, 1 May 2024
  • No coach wants to line up for a field goal inside the red zone.
    Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News, 13 Sep. 2022
  • Simply put, solar eclipses take place when the Sun, the Moon, and Earth line up.
    Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 14 Apr. 2023
  • But don’t worry if your trip doesn’t line up with the event this year.
    Outside Online, 7 Sep. 2022
  • Tom Nolan lines up his picks for the best mystery and crime fiction of 2023.
    Wsj Books Staff, WSJ, 28 Dec. 2023
  • In the first picture, the Browns line up in the four-front alignment with each gap covered.
    Lance Reisland, cleveland, 14 Oct. 2022
  • They were all lined up on Seventh Street and my dad worked at all of them and ran movies.
    Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Feb. 2024
  • At the end of Day 2, the recruits were asked again to line up again from strongest to weakest.
    Alex Ross, Peoplemag, 4 Jan. 2023
  • There are a lot of aid groups lining up to condemn this strike.
    Abc News, ABC News, 28 May 2024
  • In the background, more than a dozen bodies covered in white shrouds were lined up on the ground.
    Hajar Harb, Washington Post, 24 Dec. 2023
  • The first opened in April in Alliance, where over 800 people lined up to shop on its first day.
    Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 June 2024
  • The rest of the world, in this division, will line up behind one of these agendas.
    Blaise Malley, The New Republic, 5 Oct. 2023
  • Everything has to line up with the venue and the availability of the dancers.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Dec. 2022
  • Trevor just wasn't lining up, and my gut was telling me something.
    Joelle Goldstein, Peoplemag, 14 Mar. 2024
  • The changes will give the government more time to line up countries that want the vaccine.
    Harold Maass, The Week, 23 Sep. 2022
  • Police entered the building around 10:30 p.m. and told students to line up against the walls.
    Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, Washington Post, 17 Feb. 2023
  • Customers lined up in the parking lot, some waiting up to an hour to buy.
    Robert Klemko, Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2023
  • Most of the routes were quick passes, but in the NFL teams want running backs that can line up on the hashes and run routes.
    Nubyjas Wilborn | , al, 22 Mar. 2023
  • All were lined up in a merchandise line that wrapped around the concourse.
    Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2024
  • That process — to get one pipe to line up with the next — felt very dancer-ly and choreographic.
    Gia Kourlas, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2022
  • Toney has the speed to beat defenses deep, quickness enough to line up in the slot and can even work out of the backfield.
    Dave Skretta, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Oct. 2022
  • As the children line up at the book table, many of them are hopping up and down and smiling.
    Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Nov. 2022
  • The 6th-best junior cornerback in the country didn’t line up in the secondary for the first five weeks of the season.
    Nick Alvarez | Nalvarez@al.com, al, 29 Sep. 2022
  • My thoughts were as much about the in-sync way Gauff struck that last ball as how the moment had lined up for this column.
    Kurt Streeter, New York Times, 17 Sep. 2023
  • People would line up to coach Justin Herbert if that job came open.
    Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 1 Dec. 2022
  • Make sure your knees line up with your ankles and don’t cave inward.
    Christa Sgobba, SELF, 24 Aug. 2022
  • Once in a great while, the timing lines up so that multiple broods emerge at the same time, and 2024 is one such year.
    Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 22 May 2024
  • The lyrics seem to line up with other songs Swift has written about Alwyn.
    Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 17 Mar. 2023
  • People were lining up at three o’clock to get into a game at six o’clock that evening.
    David Aldridge, The Athletic, 25 Nov. 2024
  • This Thanksgiving, the NFL has lined up a tripleheader of games.
    Marley Malenfant, Austin American-Statesman, 28 Nov. 2024

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