How to Use lineup in a Sentence

lineup

1 of 2 noun
  • The team has a powerful lineup.
  • She was asked to pick her attacker out of a lineup.
  • The networks all had different lineups for the new season.
  • And the Move fits right in with the rest of the lineup.
    Brandon Widder, The Verge, 18 Oct. 2023
  • To see the full livestream lineup, check out hulu.com/lollapalooza.
    Tim Chan, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Over the last decade or so, there’s been a handful of changes to the Rangers lineup.
    Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 20 Feb. 2024
  • Then, the spotlight shifted to the East Coast as Eve, the sole female artist in the lineup, graced the stage.
    Shelby Stewart, Essence, 14 Mar. 2024
  • Flenser knows how to pick the next cult bands, and Friday’s lineup was full of them.
    Andy O'Connor, SPIN, 27 June 2023
  • He was scheduled to pitch Thursday, but the lineup is now up in the air.
    Mirna Alsharif, NBC News, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Here are the lineups for Friday night’s game between the Guardians and Rays.
    Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 11 Aug. 2023
  • At the start of the season there were holes throughout the entire lineup.
    Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Feb. 2024
  • The Red Sox have a left-handed heavy lineup, and Young is the only left-hander in the Reds’ bullpen.
    Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 2 June 2023
  • However, the Dodgers wanted to keep Lux’s bat in the lineup.
    Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2024
  • Here are the starting lineups for Sunday’s game between the Guardians and Rangers.
    Joe Noga, cleveland, 17 Sep. 2023
  • The all-conference pick from last year out of Highlands has left a big void in the lineup.
    James Weber, The Enquirer, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Here are lineups for Tuesday night’s game between the Guardian and Twins.
    Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 5 Sep. 2023
  • The junior catcher has been in and out of the lineup at her favorite spot all season.
    Rick Armstrong, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2023
  • So Thommy moved out wide, while the lineup shifted around him.
    Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 29 Mar. 2024
  • And right now, the brand’s entire luxe lineup is on sale for 25 percent off for Black Friday.
    Ariel Scotti, Travel + Leisure, 22 Nov. 2023
  • The Ugg Classic Suede Slippers deserve a spot in your fall footwear lineup.
    Alyssa Grabinski, Peoplemag, 16 Sep. 2023
  • Once that happened, Nevin was scratched from the Triple-A Toledo starting lineup.
    Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 26 June 2023
  • The band formed in 2009, and have been evolving their brand of caustic but deeply fun hardcore through a series of lineup changes.
    Zhenzhen Yu, Rolling Stone, 26 June 2023
  • Walsh and Schmit are still on board, but Don Henley is the last man standing from the original lineup.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 30 Jan. 2024
  • The current Foreigner lineup is in the midst of a farewell tour that will likely go into 2025.
    Gary Graff, Billboard, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Countless bands sprung out of this community, and kids swapped in and out of their lineups.
    Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 6 Sep. 2023
  • All three have been penciled into the opening night lineup Oct. 11 at the Garden against the Blackhawks.
    Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Sep. 2023
  • At times, the four-guard lineup with Fever rookie Aliyah Boston at center worked well.
    Chloe Peterson, The Indianapolis Star, 30 July 2023
  • Find Questlove’s post as well as the full Roots Picnic lineup below.
    Michael Saponara, Billboard, 20 Feb. 2024
  • Its reviews — from a lineup of critics around the country and world — grew more measured.
    Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Steve Kerr toggled through dozens of lineup combinations as the team blew scores of leads.
    Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2024
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2 of 2 verb
  • Simply put, solar eclipses take place when the Sun, the Moon, and Earth line up.
    Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Tom Nolan lines up his picks for the best mystery and crime fiction of 2023.
    Wsj Books Staff, WSJ, 28 Dec. 2023
  • They were all lined up on Seventh Street and my dad worked at all of them and ran movies.
    Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Feb. 2024
  • In the background, more than a dozen bodies covered in white shrouds were lined up on the ground.
    Hajar Harb, Washington Post, 24 Dec. 2023
  • The rest of the world, in this division, will line up behind one of these agendas.
    Blaise Malley, The New Republic, 5 Oct. 2023
  • Trevor just wasn't lining up, and my gut was telling me something.
    Joelle Goldstein, Peoplemag, 14 Mar. 2024
  • Police entered the building around 10:30 p.m. and told students to line up against the walls.
    Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, Washington Post, 17 Feb. 2023
  • Customers lined up in the parking lot, some waiting up to an hour to buy.
    Robert Klemko, Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2023
  • Most of the routes were quick passes, but in the NFL teams want running backs that can line up on the hashes and run routes.
    Nubyjas Wilborn | , al, 22 Mar. 2023
  • My thoughts were as much about the in-sync way Gauff struck that last ball as how the moment had lined up for this column.
    Kurt Streeter, New York Times, 17 Sep. 2023
  • The lyrics seem to line up with other songs Swift has written about Alwyn.
    Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Everything was lining up for her as one of the fastest-rising artists in R&B and pop.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 20 Sep. 2023
  • Squads of goons carrying enormous guns line up for Statham to take on one at a time.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 10 Jan. 2024
  • The rescue group has a storefront in a busy shopping area, and tourists line up in the mornings to have a chance to take a pup on a walk on the beach.
    Sydney Page, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2023
  • There are even shots that line up between Barbie and Wizard of Oz: 2.
    Town & Country, 7 Apr. 2023
  • That was a job well done—when everybody was lined up trying to get those shoes.
    Leah Faye Cooper, Robb Report, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Behind him, hundreds of Palestinians line up to the call to prayer.
    Marcus Yam, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2024
  • Khalil Mack, edge rusher, lined up far outside one-on-one with Tyreek Hill.
    Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2023
  • Odighizuwa, lined up at defensive end, was chipped by tight end Daniel Bellinger.
    Calvin Watkins, Dallas News, 15 Sep. 2023
  • The guns were tagged and arranged neatly, lined up on shelves or in cabinets.
    Joanna Slater, Washington Post, 19 Jan. 2024
  • Outside, more than a dozen victims in black body bags are lined up to be scanned in a CT machine.
    NBC News, 16 Oct. 2023
  • Every kid would line up against the wall and wait to be admitted into a cramped nurse’s office to take the test.
    Hazlitt, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Palestinians line up Friday for a free meal in Rafah, Gaza Strip.
    Josef Federman, arkansasonline.com, 17 Feb. 2024
  • There were two laps left in the Daytona 500, and Byron was lined up on the front row after being pushed into the lead.
    Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 20 Feb. 2024
  • Long caravans of cars choked the main highway for days and those who couldn’t take to the road lined up for emergency flights out of the city.
    David Sharp and Jim Morris, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Aug. 2023
  • Spectators lined up behind the baseline, two or three deep in some places.
    Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2023
  • Everyone would line up, hack off some giraffe meat with a machete, and bring it back to their home.
    Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Apr. 2024
  • That seems to line up with what people are experiencing now that the OTA is out.
    Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 7 Nov. 2023
  • For a kickoff after a safety, the formations will stay the same, The only thing that will change will be where the kicker lines up.
    Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 25 Mar. 2024
  • This lined up the perfect finish for Rey, who threw himself on top of Escobar to clinch the win.
    Charlotte Phillipp, Peoplemag, 7 Apr. 2024

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