in straight line
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At that time there was placed in it the largest number of Monroe possessions in existence, handed down for five generations in straight line to his descendants, who made the shrine possible.
From Legends of the Skyline Drive and the Great Valley of Virginia by Etta Belle Walker Northington
Then, laying one stick across the bucket as a base, I raised the other till the two sight notches on its upper edge were in straight line for the Pole-star.
From Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 by Boy Scouts of America
Length in straight line from nose to root of tail, 6 ft.
From American Big Game in Its Haunts by Various
The distance from Troy to Lake George is in straight line about fifty miles.
From A Historical Geography of the British Colonies Vol. V, Canada—Part I, Historical by Charles Prestwood Lucas
Meanwhile the Oki-Saigo, having reached the farthest outlying point of the coast upon her route began to race in straight line across the Japanese Sea.
From Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan Second Series by Lafcadio Hearn
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