How to Use line judge in a Sentence

line judge

noun
Definition of line judgenext
  • The ball hit a female line judge, who dropped to her knees at the back of the court.
    — Howard Fendrich, Houston Chronicle, 6 Sep. 2020
  • The ball flew right at the line judge, who dropped to her knees at the back of the court and reached for her neck.
    — Bloomberg.com, 6 Sep. 2020
  • The ball hit a female line judge, who dropped to her knees at the back of the court and reached for her neck.
    — Howard Fendrich, chicagotribune.com, 6 Sep. 2020
  • Gordon Riese, the line judge, had the best view of the last lateral.
    — Ron Kroichick, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Nov. 2022
  • The moment might have gone unremarked had the ball not struck a line judge in the neck.
    — Nr Editors, National Review, 17 Sep. 2020
  • There’s a flag on the ground because the line judge had Georgia offside.
    — Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 10 Feb. 2020
  • During the first set of their match, Zhang hit a forehand that appeared to hit the line, but the line judge ruled the ball was out.
    — Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 19 July 2023
  • The others, Carl Johnson (line judge) and Greg Steed (back judge), were drawn from other crews.
    — Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 19 Nov. 2020
  • Lynch ran into the scrum from the sideline and shoved line judge Julian Mapp, who was holding the running back.
    — Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz, USA TODAY, 19 Oct. 2017
  • While Pliskova was serving for the match at 30-15, Sabalenka hit a ball towards the baseline that was called out by the line judge.
    — Matias Grez, CNN, 8 July 2021
  • The Video Assistant Referee crew took a closer look, overruled the line judge, and called it a goal.
    — Michelle Kaufman, miamiherald, 25 June 2018
  • And a small army of volunteers, ballkids, umpires and line judges, and catering staff.
    — Washington Post, 14 Jan. 2020
  • Federer got into a dispute with a line judge and the chair umpire over cursing.
    — Howard Fendrich, Houston Chronicle, 28 Jan. 2020
  • Late in the first half, Diaz scored with a shot from distance that found the bottom corner, but the goal was disallowed as the line judge called Diaz offsides.
    — Nick Celario, oregonlive, 9 Nov. 2022
  • Novak Djokovic was defaulted in the fourth round for hitting a ball that inadvertently struck a line judge in the throat.
    — Ravi Ubha, CNN, 14 Sep. 2020
  • That, of course, was when Djokovic unintentionally hit a line judge in the throat with a ball in a fit of anger — resulting in him being thrown out.
    — Star Tribune, 21 Sep. 2020
  • He was defaulted from the U.S. Open in the fourth round after inadvertently hitting a line judge in the throat with a tennis ball.
    — Star Tribune, 6 Feb. 2021
  • While having a conversation with a line judge, Joseph broke out the perfect look of disbelief.
    — Andrew Joseph, USA TODAY, 17 Sep. 2017
  • Lynch, a close friend of Peters, ended up shoving line judge Julian Mapp and getting ejected .
    — Josh Dubow, sacbee, 19 Oct. 2017
  • Here’s another question along those lines: Who was the line judge on that side and what are his affiliations?
    — oregonlive, 16 Nov. 2020
  • Yimmi Chara appeared to tie things up in the 69th minute, but his breakaway goal was called back after the line judge indicated offsides.
    — oregonlive, 26 Feb. 2022
  • Despite the clarity of the rules, Djokovic pleaded his case for several minutes, saying that the line judge would not need to go to a hospital.
    — Ben Rothenberg, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2020
  • The Serbian was disqualified last week after hitting a line judge with a ball during his fourth-round game of the grand slam against Pablo Carreno Busta.
    — Ben Morse, CNN, 14 Sep. 2020
  • Former tennis player Steve Darcis jokingly gave credit to the one person who was able to break Djokovic's winning run -- the line judge.
    — Matias Grez, CNN, 7 Sep. 2020
  • His father, Apostolos, is also a seasoned player, though not a former top touring pro, who trained as a coach and a line judge and now coaches his son.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2023
  • Not even by unsuspecting line judges who were probably feeling a little parched in the late-afternoon sun.
    — Mike Berardino, Indianapolis Star, 14 Sep. 2019
  • Speaking to reporters for the first time since he was kicked out of the U.S. Open for accidentally hitting a line judge in the throat with a tennis ball, Djokovic acknowledged his reckless behavior.
    — Cesar Brioso, USA TODAY, 15 Sep. 2020
  • Reed worked varsity games in the City Conference and North Conference, rotating between head linesman, back judge and line judge.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Aug. 2021
  • Human line judges at the tournament have been replaced by optical technology to determine whether a ball is ruled in or out.
    — Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Djokovic was playing in a first grand slam match since being defaulted from Flushing Meadows in September after hitting a line judge with a ball during his fourth-round game.
    — Ben Church, CNN, 29 Sep. 2020

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