How to Use along the line in a Sentence
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Mark the cutline with a Sharpie pen and saw along the line with light strokes.
—Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 19 Jan. 2023
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And the pages that offered a shred of hope somewhere along the line.
—Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 29 June 2023
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Through six games, the Patriots have used 10 different starters along the line, the most in the NFL.
—BostonGlobe.com, 22 Oct. 2021
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Somewhere along the line, the goodwill message has been lost or at least skewed.
—Hannah Drown, cleveland, 26 Nov. 2021
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First, mark a hole on the top half of the pumpkin and carefully cut along the line with a pumpkin carving set.
—Monique Valeris, Good Housekeeping, 5 Oct. 2022
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And yet somewhere along the line Sancho regressed again.
—Graham Ruthven, Forbes, 11 Nov. 2022
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This team lacks the power and depth necessary along the line of scrimmage to be an elite defense.
—Los Angeles Times, 23 Nov. 2021
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And then inevitability will kick in, along with the talent gap along the line of scrimmage.
—Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press, 2 Dec. 2022
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Blake has played every spot along the line, including tight end.
—Ashley Bastock, cleveland, 18 Dec. 2021
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Carroll yells to residents, before running down the dirt road along the line of cars.
—Kim Bellware, Washington Post, 12 Nov. 2023
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Corwin hopes that somewhere along the line, the show segues into something that is not linear TV.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 15 Mar. 2022
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Sharpe, a left tackle, will try to solidify a reserve spot along the line.
—Brian Wacker, Baltimore Sun, 21 Aug. 2023
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Water also can enter the system through storm gutters at many points along the line, Ward said.
—Laurinda Joenks, Arkansas Online, 19 Jan. 2023
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But, as usual at Utah, there is a belief that there is enough depth along the line that Ford and Olaseni leaving should merely be a hiccup.
—Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 6 Apr. 2022
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Cornish considered symmetry along the line formed by two points, with the sun and Earth on either side.
—Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics, 29 Apr. 2022
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About 80 trains will be traveling daily along the line, which cuts travel time from Hong Kong to the mainland city of Guangzhou from two hours to just 47 minutes.
—CNN, 12 Jan. 2023
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But most of them, somewhere along the line, are about a person who needed help, needed someone to see how their lives were falling apart.
—Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2022
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Quinn uses Parsons in different places along the line of scrimmage to keep them guessing.
—Calvin Watkins, Dallas News, 15 Sep. 2023
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Since then, the agency and cities and towns along the line have been scrambling to inform perhaps hundreds of thousands of riders about the disruption.
—Taylor Dolven, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Aug. 2022
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Mark a line from corner to corner, and cut along the line to create two identical triangles.
—Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Aug. 2023
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As of November 11, the IMO has issued a warning that an eruption is very likely to occur somewhere along the line.
—Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2023
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But somewhere along the line — Gutierrez can’t pinpoint where — everything fell apart.
—Travis M. Andrews, Washington Post, 14 July 2023
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But playing in the SEC routinely requires quality depth along the line, and that's what the Razorbacks appear to have.
—Erick Taylor, Arkansas Online, 30 July 2023
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While our friends and loved ones deserve gifts along the line of private yacht rentals and jewelry adorned with carats on carats of gold, our budgets tend to present restrictions.
—Anamaria Glavan, Allure, 2 Dec. 2022
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The risk of such a cataclysm exists only when Earth is situated exactly along the line of the burst.
—Peter Tuthill, Scientific American, 15 Aug. 2023
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Michigan's approach on defense and perceived strength along the line of scrimmage were negated by tempo.
—Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2023
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In the short run-up to game day, Branch showed the team 15 plays — eight defense and seven offense — as an example of how dominant Cincinnati can be along the line of scrimmage on both sides of the ball.
—Julian Benbow, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Dec. 2022
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At least half of the military vessels darted right along the line of separation itself.
—Peter Aitken, Fox News, 8 Apr. 2023
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Replacing Wooden, with his versatility along the line, is no simple task, but that’s part of why Auburn hit the portal hard up front.
—Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al, 27 Feb. 2023
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But somewhere along the line other Callery pear trees and Bradford pear trees cross-pollinated and some began producing viable fruit.
—Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2024
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