line shot

Example Sentences

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One example: a 1975 Tommy Harper line shot toward the left-field foul pole.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

“Because I think the first time I touched the ball I caught it in the corner and toed behind the line, shot it and made it.”

From New York Times • Dec. 15, 2021

Chargers defensive end Uchenna Nwosu blew past Leno on the rush for a straight line shot on the quarterback, crushing him on a hit that forced the journeyman out of the game.

From Washington Times • Sep. 14, 2021

Higashioka, who’s from Huntington Beach in Orange County, hit a line shot into the seats in left off the fifth.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 5, 2020

The general tried and missed; Tom thought he could do better than his master, and made a good line shot, but short.

From Famous Adventures And Prison Escapes of the Civil War by Cable, George Washington