sight line

noun

: a line extending from an observer's eye to a viewed object or area (such as a stage)

a theater with excellent sight lines

Examples of sight line in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Instead, the viewing difficulties came not from time but from space — Venice programmed a lot of the screenings in a tiny theater, where everyone’s sight lines for the subtitles were blocked by the heads of those in front of them. — Nate Jones, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2026

Part of the commission’s responsibility is to preserve the historic sight lines of national landmarks. — Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026

For example, some sculptures establish sight lines while gazing toward other sculptures—a bronze representation of the messenger god Mercury in the Carter Collection room stares beyond its space to the Bateman Mercury, ca. — George Baker, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026

As with all supercars, the Nuvolari has multiple blind spots, and a camera stands in for a rearview mirror, since the low roofline and grates over the engine block sight lines completely. — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 28 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1753, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for sight line

• affine
• airline
• align
• aline
• assign
• baseline
• beamline
• benign
• bloodline
• bovine
• brucine
• byline