be out of line
Example Sentences
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Holt noted that the city made sure that its bed-tax rate wouldn’t be out of line compared to competing municipalities.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 31, 2025
Kelly said the issue needed more study, saying the new penalties for killing a police dog would be out of line with other, more severe crimes, “without justification.”
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 19, 2024
Sen. Bernie Sanders, who is 81-years-old presently, agrees with Pence that these tests would be out of line, calling them "absurd."
From Salon ● Mar. 2, 2023
A loving bystander who presumes to alert her to this, even unsolicited — just once, as always — wouldn’t be out of line.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 23, 2022
The thrust bearing is of peculiar construction, the arrangement being such that the bearing surfaces remain in perfect contact however much the shaft may be out of line.
