Examples of line drive in a Sentence
He hit a hard line drive to the shortstop.
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The fastest action happens when players approach the net and start striking line drives at each other.
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Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2024
Singleton then smacked his two-strike double, a line drive to center field to score Alvarez and Diaz.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2024
One was an inside-the-park homer, a sinking line drive to center field that got past a diving Derek Hill and went all the way to the wall.
—Jack Magruder, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2024
In his second start, Sale was hit by a line drive and fractured the pinkie finger on his left hand.
—Wayne G. McDonnell, Jr., Forbes, 8 Sep. 2024
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Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2024
Singleton then smacked his two-strike double, a line drive to center field to score Alvarez and Diaz.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2024
One was an inside-the-park homer, a sinking line drive to center field that got past a diving Derek Hill and went all the way to the wall.
—Jack Magruder, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2024
In his second start, Sale was hit by a line drive and fractured the pinkie finger on his left hand.
—Wayne G. McDonnell, Jr., Forbes, 8 Sep. 2024
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“Line drive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/line%20drive. Accessed 13 Oct. 2024.
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