beelined; beelining; beelines
: to go quickly in a straight direct course
Examples of beeline in a Sentence
Verb
He beelined out the door.
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Hiroko Masuike/the New York Times, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2025
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Noun
Image Image Image Video Image Early on Monday, the day after the Expo’s opening, Eiko Nakanishi, 49, and her father, Masao Nakanishi, 77, made a beeline to the American pavilion.
—Hiroko Masuike/the New York Times, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2025
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Spring sports season is approaching fast, which is why my 16-year-old made a digital beeline for this racerback tank.
—Chaunie Brusie, Rn, Parents, 15 Feb. 2025
Verb
The last thing most people would have wanted to do immediately after landing is beeline it to a place of misery and hear victims’ sad stories.
—George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2025
Snow bunnies will want to beeline it to the Queenstown Lakes and Canterbury regions for the best skiing conditions in the Southern Hemisphere, according to Sarah Handley, general manager of the Americas and Europe at Tourism New Zealand.
—Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 6 Dec. 2024
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“Beeline.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beeline. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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