LINE in a Sentence

Learn LINE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
373 example sentences for LINE, such as:
1. A boat came into my line of vision.
2. The wall cuts across our line of vision.
3. The school takes a tough line on cheating.
4. The railway line will soon reach to our town.
5. Bill signed on the bottom line with a flourish.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of LINE
line
 v.  fill plentifully
 n.  a particular kind of product or merchandise
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Then new arrivals disarranged the line and Jordan and I were pushed suddenly inside.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
2  I called Gatsby's house a few minutes later, but the line was busy.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8
3  There has never been the least departure from the strict line of fact.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XL
4  Beyond their dark line there was a ribbon of clear sky, hardly broad enough to hold the red large moon.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter LIII
5  The soldiers were in front of us, extending into a pretty wide line with an interval between man and man.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter V
6  There never was such another drunken madman in that line of business, I hope.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 13. THE SEQUEL OF MY RESOLUTION
7  Quite an untaught genius, I made the discovery of the line of action for myself.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VI
8  It's one of the drawbacks of our line of business.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 30. A LOSS
9  'It ain't that I complain of my line of business,' said Mr. Omer.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 30. A LOSS
10  She lay between us, and the red light; and every taper line and spar was visible against the glow.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 57. THE EMIGRANTS
11  Ivan drove off to the road and fell into line with the other loaded carts.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 3: Chapter 12
12  "Something else in the same line," he said to himself bitterly, opening the second telegram.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 4: Chapter 17
13  But you have not drawn the line between honest and dishonest work.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 6: Chapter 11
14  Sergey Ivanovitch wound up the last line, untied the horse, and they drove off.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 3: Chapter 3
15  She had come in with the last line of their song and she had stood still listening and looking at them.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
Example Sentence: (163 in 11 pages)
1  The government wants to take a hard line against the strikers.
2  He redoubled his speed when he saw the finishing line ahead.
3  Soon they were only dots above the hard line of the horizon.
4  Any hostages in the firing line would have been sacrificed.
5  Draw a straight line across the top of the page.
6  The school takes a tough line on cheating.
7  The railway line will soon reach to our town.
8  The radio station had an open line on which listeners could call up to discuss various issues.
9  Any crack in a car windscreen always seems to be right in the driver's line of vision.
10  Please move; you're right in my line of vision.
11  Someone was standing in my line of vision so I couldn't see the screen.
12  A boat came into my line of vision.
13  The wall cuts across our line of vision.
14  His voice came down the line as clear as a bell.
15  Bill signed on the bottom line with a flourish.