How to Use line drive in a Sentence

line drive

noun
Definition of line drivenext
  • He hit a hard line drive to the shortstop.
  • The shot left his hands like a line drive and clanged off the rim.
    — Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 5 Feb. 2022
  • The first pitch of the inning was a line drive base hit to right field.
    — Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 14 Aug. 2022
  • His line drive to left cleared the wall for a grand slam that tied the score.
    — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2022
  • The line drive Rutschman hit in the bottom of the 10th inning Thursday?
    — Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun, 4 June 2022
  • Bassitt was struck on the side of the head by a line drive against the Chicago White Sox.
    — Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 18 Aug. 2021
  • The right-hander took a line drive off his face in a 9-0 loss to the White Sox.
    — Steve Kroner, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 Sep. 2021
  • His 377-foot line drive hit off the top of the wall in right field and fell for a single.
    — Dave Clark, The Enquirer, 14 Sep. 2022
  • But in the top of the second, Daz Cameron hit a line drive off Keller, which knocked him out of the game.
    — Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free Press, 19 Mar. 2022
  • The third run scored on a line drive to right by Juan Soto.
    — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2022
  • But this is just a straight-line drive with his off hand, all the way to the rim, on Huerter.
    — Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 Nov. 2021
  • Both plays – the Smith line drive grab and the Durán throw – impressed Woodward.
    — Joseph Hoyt, Dallas News, 22 June 2022
  • The 23-year-old was hit in the knee with a line drive from Colin Moran on the final pitch of the third.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 10 Sep. 2021
  • The line drive left Brown’s bat at 101 mph, with an A’s runner on third base.
    — Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 June 2022
  • The line drive went straight into the right corner to give Bay FC a 2-1 lead.
    — Jason Mastrodonato, The Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2024
  • He was struck in the face by a line drive Aug. 17 during a start in Chicago.
    — Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Sep. 2021
  • O’Neale just allows a straight-line drive to beat him here.
    — Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 Nov. 2021
  • Soler hit a line drive shot that barely cleared the wall.
    — Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2021
  • In the eighth inning, Friedl saw a line drive sailing over his head.
    — The Enquirer, 28 Aug. 2022
  • Cleveland pitcher Herb Score had been hit in the eye by a line drive.
    — cleveland, 15 Apr. 2022
  • McGowan gave the Ducks an early lead with a line drive homer to center in the first.
    — oregonlive, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Even his lone out was scorched, a 102.2-mph line drive caught in center field.
    — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2022
  • Our approach was to hit a line drive up the middle and just let the off-speed get in our bat path.
    — Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online, 24 June 2022
  • The video of the line drive is sickening, but nothing new.
    — Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Aug. 2021
  • There was a line drive snagged by Gilbert off Eric Hosmer to end the fifth.
    — David Brandt, ajc, 15 Aug. 2021
  • Jarett Boswell sends a deep line drive over the center fielder to walk it off.
    — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 June 2024
  • The crowd cheered, the line drive bouncing into center field.
    — Luca Evans, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2022
  • Just worry about hitting line drives in the gaps, and the results will come.
    — Joe Frisaro, Miami Herald, 20 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.
    — Matt Weyrich, Baltimore Sun, 23 June 2024
  • Somebody must have hit a line drive or something off my head.
    — Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 14 June 2024

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