How to Use line out in a Sentence

line out

verb
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  • There is one rail line in and one line out of the plant.
    — Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Dec. 2021
  • On the right side of the field, four players were lined out wide.
    — Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY, 1 Dec. 2019
  • Kemp says there’s a line out the door when her school’s food pantry opens.
    — Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2019
  • On Wednesday there was a line out the door for Club Cool.
    — Dewayne Bevil, orlandosentinel.com, 15 Sep. 2021
  • Freestyle Poké often has a line out the door at lunchtime.
    — Sarah Gish, kansascity, 2 July 2018
  • This metro phoenix club has a line out the door every night.
    — Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 16 Apr. 2022
  • The lines out the door were years quietly in the making.
    — Carlos Frías, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
  • On the still-quiet streets of Soho, the Dior Men shop is the one of the very few with a line out the door.
    — Emily Farra, Vogue, 8 Dec. 2020
  • Witt swung at a first-pitch fastball and lined out to right field.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 25 May 2023
  • Hess struck out Evan Lee and forced Jared Gates to line out to left field to escape the jam.
    — Brody Miller, NOLA.com, 4 May 2018
  • Brings was fishing from the beach and had two lines out when the tarpon struck.
    — Travis Hall, Field & Stream, 17 Aug. 2023
  • But White got Fernando Tatis Jr. to line out to right to end the threat.
    — Jenna Malinowski, Detroit Free Press, 22 July 2023
  • At noontime on a recent day, there was a line out the door.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 27 Apr. 2021
  • Cron lined out to short, shattering his bat in the process.
    — Michelle Gardner, azcentral, 5 June 2019
  • But Nick Maton flew out and Jake Rogers lined out to strand him.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 8 Aug. 2023
  • But Cishek came on and got Mark Canha to line out to left field to end the inning.
    — Star Tribune, 31 July 2021
  • Myles Murphy headed to the free throw line out of the timeout.
    — Ben Thomas | Bthomas@al.com, al, 2 Mar. 2022
  • Cal Raleigh then lined out to right to end the game and give the Marlins a 4-1 victory.
    — Jace Evans, USA TODAY, 15 June 2023
  • Monday, the restaurant had a line out the door and its patios were full.
    — Andrea Chang, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2021
  • But this year, there's no line out the door and barely any pastries.
    — Rob Schmitz, NPR, 12 Apr. 2024
  • This Valley jazz club has a line out the door every night.
    — Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 22 Oct. 2022
  • Mike Trout lined out to end the inning after the ejection.
    — Kristie Rieken, Chron, 1 June 2023
  • The line out the door grew as more and more pools trickled in to celebrate the title.
    — Joseph Hoyt, Dallas News, 5 Apr. 2021
  • After Austin Hedges lined out to right field, Manuel Margot walked to load the bases.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 June 2019
  • But Alvarez struck out before José Abreu lined out to end the threat.
    — Kristie Rieken, Chron, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Davis struck out in the seventh as the tying run and, to end the game, lined out to José Altuve in the shift as the go-ahead run.
    — Chandler Rome, Houston Chronicle, 9 Aug. 2019
  • Then in the 11th, after the Reds got the tying run to the plate, Urías made a highlight catch on a line out down the third base line.
    — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 18 July 2021
  • The jump line at Spirit holds its own to any terrain line out West.
    — Star Tribune, 5 Dec. 2020
  • The kids had used masking tape to line out a path on the classroom floor and littered it with pipe cleaners and blocks to act as obstacles.
    — Silas Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 June 2024
  • Jesse Winker hit a grounder through the open left side of the infield to put runners on the corners before Meneses lined out to center to score Thomas with the sacrifice fly for a 1-0 lead.
    — Miami Herald, 16 June 2024

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