How to Use receiving line in a Sentence

receiving line

noun

• In a long receiving line at a palace function, the queen kept it moving.
  — William Booth, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2022
• But then, the queen, 93, turns her head toward Princess Anne, 69, who is nearby but not in the receiving line.
  — Washington Post, 4 Dec. 2019
• But the manager had to wait his turn as a small receiving line had already formed in the Phillies dugout.
  — Matt Breen, Philly.com, 31 May 2018
• The wedding was lovely, but because of the virus, there was no receiving line.
  — Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2021
• After the last touchdown, a five-yard slant to Jeffery in the end zone, Foles walked back to a receiving line of hugs from the coaching staff.
  — Conor Orr, SI.com, 21 Jan. 2018
• Kennedy was greeted by Mayor and Mrs. Lewis Cutrer and then led to the receiving line.
  — William R. MacKaye and Walter S. Mansell, Houston Chronicle, 21 July 2019
• Instead, a staff member told the powerful Medicare chief to head to the receiving line with the rank and file.
  — Noah Weiland, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2020
• Mary and Chuck stood on the receiving line for five hours, comforting those who came to comfort them.
  — Michael Powell, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2020
• Wall finished with 13 points on 13 shots and, after the last buzzer, went through a receiving line of friends and acquaintances along the sideline.
  — Andrew Greif, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2022
• Evans watched the famously snobbish princess approach him in the receiving line.
  — Lesley M.m. Blume, Town & Country, 2 Nov. 2019
• With large funerals banned, the tweets have served as a virtual receiving line for the bereaved.
  — Author: William Wan, Brittany Shammas, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Dec. 2020
• There would be no epic last bash, no final plotline, no receiving line of castmates.
  — Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 12 Oct. 2020
• In the morning hours, Michael Bloomberg, still suited like a statesman and sporting a green-striped tie, stood by Gagosian’s grand booth in what seemed to be a receiving line of people.
  — Ray Rahman, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 May 2018
• Waiting a couple of yards away was a receiving line of UCLA defensive backs.
  — John Canzano, OregonLive.com, 21 Oct. 2017
• Watch the hilarious clip in its entirety above, and keep an eye out for Miss Piggy in the receiving line on May 19th.
  — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 27 Feb. 2018
• At that moment, Nicolas Batum was making his way through a receiving line of coaches and staffers, all smiles and fist-bumps.
  — Andrew Greif, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2021
• Yeah, that's right, when the sushi chef met Kim Jong-un for the first time, they were lined up in a receiving line to greet the two little generals, Kim Jong-un and his older brother.
  — CBS News, 19 June 2019
• Everyone must maintain a distance of 6 feet from those not in their household, and the floor will be marked for the Communion receiving line.
  — Sophie Carson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 22 May 2020
• Lauscha stood alongside Gayle Benson, Tom's widow, in the receiving line until about noon.
  — Josh Katzenstein, NOLA.com, 21 Mar. 2018
• While in the receiving line, Maddy’s sister Pat, who was married to Holland’s son, introduced them.
  — Carol Kovach, cleveland, 19 July 2022
• And the receiving line itself has, in the past, taken several painful hours, pushing dinner and the presentations into the wee hours.
  — Bob Morris, Town & Country, 28 Nov. 2017
• Two receiving lines of media members, mostly from markets with teams that could draft a quarterback, line up to spend five minutes or so one-on-one with one or both QBs.
  — Jonathan Jones, SI.com, 8 Mar. 2018
• As the queen moved down the receiving line along a red carpet -- dressed in a bright blue floral dress and her trademark hat and white gloves -- 7-year-old Jasmine Evans presented her with a yellow and blue flower bouquet.
  — Dallas News, 2 June 2022
• In the receiving line, a blond seventeen-year-old girl waited patiently with her mother and introduced herself to Lynn as Michelle Carter.
  — Jesse Barron, Esquire, 23 Aug. 2017
• The receiving line at the Emerson Hotel reception was nearly three hours long, and two women reportedly fainted in the crowd.
  — Luke Broadwater, baltimoresun.com, 20 Oct. 2019
• Royal expert Victoria Arbiter also clarified that she was never meant to be greeting guests in the receiving line that evening.
  — Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 4 Dec. 2019
• Wearing white surrounded by a receiving line of maroon, the Alabama sophomore was home -- almost.
  — Michael Casagrande | [e-mail], al, 13 Oct. 2019
• When the Timberwolves’ victory was over, a receiving line met Beverley at midcourt.
  — Andrew Greif, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2021
• After the screening, with Sarandos at her side, Avant greeted all 400 or so guests individually, in a quasi-receiving line—just as an ambassador would.
  — Matthew Belloni, Town & Country, 22 Oct. 2020
• For the fourth year in a row, several dozen community leaders and residents formed a raucous receiving line to usher Hartford Public Schools back into session.
  — Rebecca Lurye, courant.com, 27 Aug. 2019

Last Updated: 16 Dec 2024