Examples of line drive in a Sentence
He hit a hard line drive to the shortstop.
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Two batters later, Kemp belted a two-run shot into the left-center field seats and then Sosa’s line drive over the wall in left made it 11-1.
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Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2025
Starting for the first time in three weeks and for the first time in left field in nearly two months, Johnson laid out to catch a sinking, tailing line drive by Christian Yelich for the first out of the ninth inning.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Sep. 2025
Both runners advanced on Miguel Rojas’ sacrifice bunt, but the Dodgers were unable to tack on, as Eldridge, the San Francisco first baseman, made a diving catch to his left of pinch-hitter Tommy Edman’s low line drive and threw across the diamond to complete an inning-ending double play.
—Mike Digiovanna, Oc Register, 21 Sep. 2025
At 407 feet, Eldridge’s line drive would’ve been a home run in 23 of 30 ballparks.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 21 Sep. 2025
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Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2025
Starting for the first time in three weeks and for the first time in left field in nearly two months, Johnson laid out to catch a sinking, tailing line drive by Christian Yelich for the first out of the ninth inning.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Sep. 2025
Both runners advanced on Miguel Rojas’ sacrifice bunt, but the Dodgers were unable to tack on, as Eldridge, the San Francisco first baseman, made a diving catch to his left of pinch-hitter Tommy Edman’s low line drive and threw across the diamond to complete an inning-ending double play.
—Mike Digiovanna, Oc Register, 21 Sep. 2025
At 407 feet, Eldridge’s line drive would’ve been a home run in 23 of 30 ballparks.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 21 Sep. 2025
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“Line drive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/line%20drive. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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