How to Use linear in a Sentence

linear

adjective

• Of course, approval of the Supreme Court isn’t a linear trend.
  — Cooper Burton, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2023
• And that’s the thing about art is it is not supposed to be linear.
  — Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 20 Apr. 2025
• Next, the researchers in his lab made a linear incision in the skin of the mice.
  — Siddhartha Mukherjee, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2023
• This is linear, and this is streaming at the same time.
  — Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 13 Sep. 2022
• But, much like the road to success, the episodes' timeline is not linear.
  — Lindsay Geller, Women's Health, 15 Apr. 2023
• Their shows have been pretty linear for the most part, so that was scary to me.
  — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 May 2022
• The fairly linear melody at the start of the first verse certainly captures the vibe.
  — Tom Roland, Billboard, 23 Jan. 2024
• The arched brass mirrors contrast the linear feel of the bathroom and soften the space.
  — Monica Mercuri, House Beautiful, 3 Sep. 2021
• What if biopics of Black men and women weren’t so linear and grandiose?
  — Harmony Holiday, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2024
• In most gym movements, the weight follows a linear path.
  — Men's Health, 7 July 2023
• Live sports keeping linear TV alive has been the case for many years now.
  — Alex Sherman, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2024
• Gordon is tight-hipped and forced to run linear tracks.
  — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 26 Apr. 2025
• But getting back into the NFL as a coach was not a linear path.
  — oregonlive, 19 Nov. 2021
• The idea here is to lower the cost of linear TV to keep it relevant for younger users.
  — Alex Sherman, CNBC, 30 Jan. 2025
• The linear demand for MLS just isn’t there in terms of the financials.
  — Richard Deitsch, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
• Rattler should feel comfort that the path doesn’t have to be linear.
  — Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2021
• But the narrative is not linear; the ladies decide to go to bed, and the cameras go down.
  — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 22 Jan. 2025
• Our review unit is equipped with the former, a linear switch.
  — PCMAG, 26 May 2024
• Wednesday night proved growth in the NBA is rarely linear, and showed just how far Houston has to come.
  — Michael Shapiro, Chron, 21 Dec. 2022
• Schad hasn’t had a linear path to his final year of college.
  — oregonlive, 23 Sep. 2021
• The non-linear timeline of the series ranges from 24 years before the heist to one year after.
  — Joe Otterson, Variety, 16 Sep. 2021
• The wine has a natural grip and is laser-focused and linear.
  — Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
• As much progress as Perri has made with her healing, the truth is that grief is not linear.
  — Sara Gaynes Levy, SELF, 24 Nov. 2021
• The all-in figure is more than three times the show’s same-day, linear audience.
  — Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 May 2024
• Though, keep in mind that healing is not always a linear process.
  — Claire Gillespie, Health, 1 May 2023
• The stages of twin flames While the twin flame journey isn’t always linear, most do flow through a series of stages.
  — Christina Pérez, Vogue, 29 Mar. 2025
• The stages of twin flames While the twin flame journey isn’t always linear, most do flow through a series of stages.
  — Christina Pérez, Vogue, 29 Mar. 2025
• Who knows where the progress that Haiti was making on its own linear path would have taken it?
  — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2025
• The controls work better here than in the open world because of how much more linear the levels are.
  — George Yang, Variety, 7 Nov. 2022
• And then of course, that feeds in a very linear way to private tech companies.
  — Joe Weisenthal, Bloomberg.com, 23 June 2022