a line
Example Sentences
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He then fetched a lifebuoy and repeatedly threw a line into the water, but none were able to grasp it.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
While each quotation provides something to muse over, the whole thing might be best summed up by a line from the comic poet Alexis: “The entire human condition’s completely insane.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
He also patrolled left field and snared a line drive to end the top of the fourth.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026
But even Boy Moms have a line in the sand, and many of them made it clear in the post’s comments that Mollen had crossed it: “This is why people say boy moms are weird.”
From Salon • Jun. 4, 2026
He knew he was too unsteady to try spearing a fish, so instead he set up a line of bramble-thorn fishing-hooks baited with water-snails.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
