foul line
noun
1
: either of two straight lines extending from the rear corner of home plate through the outer corners of first and third base respectively and prolonged to the boundary of a baseball field
2
: a line across a bowling alley that a player must not step over when delivering the ball
3
: either of two lines on a basketball court parallel to and 15 feet from the backboards behind which a player must stand while shooting a free throw
Examples of foul line in a Sentence
The ball landed just inside the right-field foul line.
Recent Examples on the Web
The son of former NBA guard Anthony Carter, Devin averaged 19.7 points, 8.7 rebounds, 3.6 assists, 1.8 steals, 1 block and 2.5 3-pointers, shooting 47.3% from the field and 74.9% from the foul line.
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Greg Rosenstein, NBC News, 27 June 2024
Barry is a slasher who can get to the foul line and make his underhand free throws, just like his dad.
—Sean Gregory, TIME, 25 June 2024
His first basket was a foul line pull-up jump shot over backup Pacers big man Isaiah Jackson.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 11 May 2024
Yale was down by six with but 27 seconds to go, but the Bears could not put it away at the foul line.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 17 Mar. 2024
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Greg Rosenstein, NBC News, 27 June 2024
Barry is a slasher who can get to the foul line and make his underhand free throws, just like his dad.
—Sean Gregory, TIME, 25 June 2024
His first basket was a foul line pull-up jump shot over backup Pacers big man Isaiah Jackson.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 11 May 2024
Yale was down by six with but 27 seconds to go, but the Bears could not put it away at the foul line.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 17 Mar. 2024
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“Foul line.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foul%20line. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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