lined

past tense of line

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of lined Wells lined a ball that landed just fair down the right-field line. Chris Kirschner, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025 Andrew Benintendi lined a fourth-inning sweeper from Ryan Bergert down the right-field line. Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lined
Verb
  • Instead of pumping in conventional air conditioning, it was surrounded by proprietary glass panes filled with cooled water.
    Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 30 Sep. 2025
  • One of the best places to stay is Villa Paola, a former 16th Century convent surrounded by a Mediterranean garden that overlooks the white beaches and rocky cliffs of the Costa degli Dei (Coast of the Gods).
    Gary Portuesi, Travel + Leisure, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Such structures, researchers note, may also have served as territorial markers, ritual spaces, or solar observatories aligned with events like the summer solstice.
    Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Similarly, the nearby Menir dos Almendres is a lone 13-foot-high stone aligned with the summer solstice sunrise.
    Anna Mazurek, AFAR Media, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • To watch Farrell, one of our most soulful contemporary actors, giving his teenage all to a big number in How to Succeed—his eyes rimmed with that classic high-school drama department eyeliner—is to be forced to live in the wild-and-woolly moment.
    Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Yanai had a crewcut and wire-rimmed glasses.
    Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • At the same time, the fetus remains enclosed in a sterile fluid chamber.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2025
  • The four-story suite is situated in the vessel’s funnel, which is enclosed in glass, offering 280-degree views.
    Nathan Diller, USA Today, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Security guards conduct basic metal detector searches at the front, and the rear doors are fenced off in an open-air parking lot.
    Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Part of the structure was demolished in 1989, but its white bell tower continued to mark the skyline even while the rest sat fenced off.
    Jackie Bryant, AFAR Media, 23 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Boltaev’s photographs were printed onto ceramic tiles and placed on brick walls so that pictures were not only seen but touched.
    Dada Jovanovic, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2025
  • The economic and cultural backlash to Israel has sparked comparisons to the pressure placed on South Africa during the era of apartheid racial oppression.
    Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Then, as if that were not enough excitement for any hunter at one time, a big mule-deer buck broke out of the thicket and bounded away to my left, straight for Sally.
    Robert Merchant, Outdoor Life, 1 Oct. 2025
  • In the clip, the puppy dashed toward his new little friend; at first the Chihuahua retreated, stuck his tongue out and paw up, and then bounded toward him.
    Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • An immigration detainer was filed in 2017, but he was released before ICE could act.
    Brooke Taylor, FOXNews.com, 1 Oct. 2025
  • In documents filed in Davidson County, Tennessee, viewed by PEOPLE, the couple laid bare the terms of their divorce.
    Sean Mandell, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025

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“Lined.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lined. Accessed 4 Oct. 2025.

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