in straight line
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The descending ball was in straight line with that elegant hat.
From The High School Left End Dick & Co. Grilling on the Football Gridiron by Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)
Usually the stream mouths by an ugly little bar at some distance from the roadstead; after heavy rains it bursts the sand-strip and discharges in straight line.
From To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
Length in straight line from nose to root of tail, 6 ft.
From American Big Game in Its Haunts by Various
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 Hearn, Lafcadio
The pallets are to be equidistant; the wheel teeth of the “club” form; there are to be two rollers; wheel, pallet, and balance centers are to be in straight line.
From An Analysis of the Lever Escapement by Playtner, H. R.
