How to Use white line in a Sentence

white line

noun
Definition of white linenext
  • The spare black-and-white line drawings, the harsh truth of her words.
    — Heidi Stevens, chicagotribune.com, 2 Oct. 2019
  • Currently the sides of the road are marked by a white line about a foot from the curb.
    — Peter Marteka, courant.com, 29 July 2019
  • Above that, there is a purple strip with a thin white line that runs down the back of the neck.
    — SI.com, 18 July 2019
  • One of the men is wearing a navy blue sweatsuit with a white line down the arms and legs.
    — Dallas News, 16 June 2022
  • In the game, there’s a white line circling the cartoon planet.
    — WIRED, 20 Jan. 2023
  • Instead of rhymes about white lines, how about a nice spicy Chongqing hot pot?
    — latimes.com, 25 Jan. 2018
  • The third wore black and white shoes; a blue sweatshirt with white lines on it, a baseball cap and gloves.
    — Teri Figueroa, sandiegouniontribune.com, 10 May 2018
  • At the scene, a dropped coffee cup had spilled its contents across the crosswalk’s white lines.
    — Emily Brindley, courant.com, 6 Nov. 2019
  • The players have gone over the white line and put in a committed display.
    — SI.com, 26 Oct. 2017
  • Video review confirmed the trip was on the white line of the penalty area, not outside as Tunisia claimed.
    — Graham Dunbar, chicagotribune.com, 23 June 2018
  • Or that orange cones stand in for painted white lines on the overgrown grass.
    — Ben Teitelbaum, SI.com, 27 Feb. 2018
  • Truex went below the white line at the bottom of the track before crossing the start/finish line.
    — Todd Engle, kansascity, 22 Oct. 2017
  • The cartoon is, like most XKCD comics, a simple back-and-white line drawing with a nerdy punch line.
    — Benjamin Mazer, The Atlantic, 6 May 2021
  • Faint white lines run down its back as do some orange and black blotches.
    — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 29 Feb. 2024
  • The parking spaces, none of them marked as reserved, are set off by white lines.
    — Bob Greene, WSJ, 19 Oct. 2018
  • The woman tried to change lanes to get onto I-490 west, crossed the solid white line and crashed, police said.
    — Kaylee Remington, cleveland, 30 Nov. 2019
  • But look at it again, look and see how the white line and the shading in there, there was a discrepancy in there that could be the TV.
    — Bob Condotta, The Seattle Times, 11 Sep. 2018
  • Painting a white line on the side of a road and calling it a bike lane does little to help safety, most feel.
    — Tom Stienstra, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Apr. 2021
  • And an autopsy found a distinct white line along the baby's cheek and nose.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 24 Nov. 2019
  • The chair umpire checked the white lines, though, and determined the match could continue.
    — Howard Fendrich, chicagotribune.com, 7 June 2019
  • Usually, this is the white line that runs around the edge—a car should never have all four wheels on the other side of that line.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 13 Dec. 2021
  • In the distance, a motorboat cuts a white line from the shore to deliver the first competitors to the site.
    — James Nestor, Outside Online, 25 Jan. 2012
  • The thick white lines on dense black backgrounds mimic Greek vase painting.
    — Barbara Schreiber, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
  • In Lehi, development pushes the farmers and the cowboys away Click and drag the white line to show changes.
    — Shane Burke, The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 Nov. 2021
  • The white line in the chart below shows wind output is poised to fall to just above 3 gigawatts by June 27, based on a Bloomberg model.
    — Lars Paulsson, Bloomberg.com, 22 June 2018
  • The thin white lines are understated and clean, while still adding a playful touch.
    — Tasha Nicole Smith, ELLE, 26 July 2023
  • Maybe that's true, Oldham, but when the left tires are precisely on the edge of the yellow line, the right-side tires are pretty much on the white line.
    — Daniel Pund, Car and Driver, 12 Feb. 2020
  • Schumer, wearing a tight black dress with a split skirt, stood, hiked up the hem, and pointed out a long white line across her upper thigh.
    — Ariel Levy, The New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2022
  • Now the Lions can play loose and focus on everything between the white lines.
    — Jared Ramsey, Detroit Free Press, 20 Jan. 2024
  • The biggest mistake the Li made on the highway was one of the mistakes that XPeng’s auto-driving system made: trying to cross a solid white line to make a lane change.
    — Mark Andrews, WIRED, 13 Mar. 2024

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