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Examples of line drive in a Sentence
He hit a hard line drive to the shortstop.
Recent Examples on the Web
With two outs in the seventh inning, Tomás Nido ripped a line drive toward the visiting bullpen.
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Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 24 June 2024
With two runners on and two outs, Peña hit a line drive over a leaping Austin Hays in left field to clear the bases.
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Matt Weyrich, Baltimore Sun, 23 June 2024
Shohei Ohtani followed Betts’ first-inning single with a sinking line drive to right field, where Edward Olivares made a sliding attempt that was originally ruled a catch – but slowly enough that Betts was hung up, confused, between first and second base.
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Bill Plunkett, Orange County Register, 10 June 2024
Hart now has a line drive to the rim, which means either Hartenstein’s, Anunoby’s or DiVincenzo’s man must rotate over to help, otherwise, Hart gets an easy layup at the rim.
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Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 18 Apr. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1903, in the meaning defined above
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Cite this Entry
“Line drive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/line%20drive. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
Kids Definition
line drive
noun
: a batted baseball hit not far above the ground in a nearly straight line
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