foul line
noun
1
: either of two straight lines extending from the rear corner of home plate through the outer corners of first and third base respectively and prolonged to the boundary of a baseball field
2
: a line across a bowling alley that a player must not step over when delivering the ball
3
: either of two lines on a basketball court parallel to and 15 feet from the backboards behind which a player must stand while shooting a free throw
Examples of foul line in a Sentence
The ball landed just inside the right-field foul line.
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The former San Antonio Spurs reserve led the team in blocks (six) and offensive rebounds (12), shot 70.4% and went 8-for-8 from the foul line.
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Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 18 July 2025
Take a look the full season comparison between the two:
Which player deserves to have his name called and get to run along the foul line and then jog out to center field in Atlanta on Tuesday night?
—Dan Freedman, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
Simons is reliable at the foul line, too, with a career free-throw percentage of 88.0%.
—Zack Cox, Hartford Courant, 24 June 2025
The Celtics took advantage of the Knicks’ on multiple fronts, getting Karl-Anthony Towns into foul trouble with three early personals, then playing the Hack-a-Shaq game with Mitchell Robinson, who shot just 3-of-10 from the foul line to stifle an otherwise dominant defensive performance.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 6 May 2025
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Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 18 July 2025
Take a look the full season comparison between the two:
Which player deserves to have his name called and get to run along the foul line and then jog out to center field in Atlanta on Tuesday night?
—Dan Freedman, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
Simons is reliable at the foul line, too, with a career free-throw percentage of 88.0%.
—Zack Cox, Hartford Courant, 24 June 2025
The Celtics took advantage of the Knicks’ on multiple fronts, getting Karl-Anthony Towns into foul trouble with three early personals, then playing the Hack-a-Shaq game with Mitchell Robinson, who shot just 3-of-10 from the foul line to stifle an otherwise dominant defensive performance.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 6 May 2025
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“Foul line.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foul%20line. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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