How to Use linear in a Sentence

linear

adjective

• That process hasn’t been linear.
  — Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 27 Jan. 2026
• That's the linear thought process.
  — Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 16 Apr. 2026
• How Burn had reached this point is not linear.
  — George Caulkin, New York Times, 14 May 2026
• But that feels like a linear way of thinking.
  — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 31 May 2026
• The journey of a founder is rarely linear.
  — Nia Bowers, USA Today, 17 Jan. 2026
• Progress will not be linear, but there is precedent for it.
  — Shuxian Luo, Foreign Affairs, 21 Aug. 2025
• And that’s the thing about art is it is not supposed to be linear.
  — Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 20 Apr. 2025
• Now, this is for linear, straight-line motion.
  — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 18 Dec. 2025
• Now, that process looks less linear and predictable.
  — Jeff Fromm, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
• His path, on the surface, sounds linear.
  — Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
• The path won’t always be linear.
  — Zach Sweet, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2025
• Their shows have been pretty linear for the most part, so that was scary to me.
  — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 May 2022
• Grief is not linear, and the days and weeks ahead may bring a range of emotions.
  — Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 25 Feb. 2026
• Climate change doesn’t chart a linear path where each day is warmer than the last.
  — Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, 9 July 2025
• Time is linear now, an edge, a threshold, and there’s nowhere to go but over.
  — Literary Hub, 6 July 2026
• Getting to this point in his career hasn’t been a linear path.
  — Hunter Patterson, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026
• Some of you will watch this show on linear television.
  — Todd Spangler, Variety, 2 Jan. 2026
• Though, keep in mind that healing is not always a linear process.
  — Claire Gillespie, Health, 1 May 2023
• Our review unit is equipped with the former, a linear switch.
  — PCMAG, 26 May 2024
• Filmmaking is not just a linear process for me.
  — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 10 Oct. 2025
• In an earthquake, cause and effect do not feel linear.
  — Pablo Larios, Artforum, 10 June 2026
• These things aren't always linear.
  — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 22 Sep. 2025
• Rattler should feel comfort that the path doesn’t have to be linear.
  — Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2021
• What if biopics of Black men and women weren’t so linear and grandiose?
  — Harmony Holiday, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2024
• Scrambling isn’t a linear project.
  — Matt K. Lewis, Twin Cities, 12 Apr. 2026
• But, much like the road to success, the episodes' timeline is not linear.
  — Lindsay Geller, Women's Health, 15 Apr. 2023
• This isn't to say, though, that your healing journey will be linear or easy.
  — Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 12 Oct. 2022
• There’s always a push and pull; progress is never linear.
  — Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 16 Dec. 2025
• There are no linear success stories in sports.
  — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 14 Feb. 2026
• Kim’s path to public office was not linear.
  — Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 4 Mar. 2026