straight line
Example Sentences
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Walk in a straight line placing the heel of one foot directly in front of the toes of the other foot.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
Look at it decade to decade, and it is close to a straight line.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
Today’s Western culture isn’t the endpoint of a straight line from the poetry spoken around the Aegean three millennia ago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
"It's not a straight line from a nuclear blast to the front door, like this one."
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
Siren and Stentor were trained for the work, so they knew to draw the wagon in a straight line, knocking a corn row down.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
