draw the line

Example Sentences

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"This study shows that there's a speciation 'gray zone' that can make it hard to draw the line," Chan said.

From Science Daily • Mar. 9, 2026

“It’s hard not to be inspired by what people have done before you, but you also have to draw the line somewhere,” Finn says.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026

And when we are looking at investments that are currently out of fashion, where do we draw the line?

From MarketWatch • Feb. 3, 2026

"There has to be somewhere where you draw the line and you give people an opportunity to recuperate and also get a good pre-season in," Boulter said.

From BBC • Dec. 9, 2025

She wasn’t sure where to draw the line between them anymore.

From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart