beeline

Example Sentences

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González made a beeline to his wife of five decades, and for the first time all night they did what they had come to do: They danced.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

No wonder so many members of the coaching staff and a number of Gordon's team-mates made a beeline for him at full-time.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

Joanne Bailey, who makes candles and soaps at her home in Redruth, said she was at one fair where shoppers made a beeline for products that were not handmade.

From BBC • Dec. 12, 2025

But she made a beeline back to the coast, settling in the craggy bluffs outside desirable Topanga.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025

They would have rolled him in the dust and torn him there by his own steading if the swineherd had not sprung up and flung his leather down, making a beeline for the open.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer