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

For now, the home on New London Turnpike in Glastonbury is a work in progress, under construction on a two-plus acre parcel of land that offers expansive views of a nearby farm and has sight lines to a private pond on the neighboring property. —James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 8 June 2025

Guzzo said that just about every seat inside has fantastic sight lines, from the lower level to the upper deck and even the outfield standing room area. —Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 17 May 2025

Lower floors reflect the brick and terracotta colors of nearby Sunset Park structures; upper floors offer contrasting glass elements preserving the community’s treasured sight lines. —Jeffrey Steele, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025

The orchestra sounds wonderful in the huge openness, but sight lines here are notoriously difficult: any onstage structure might cut off somebody’s ability to see. —Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025

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
• byline
• canine