Examples of line drive in a Sentence
He hit a hard line drive to the shortstop.
Recent Examples on the Web
Jarett Boswell sends a deep line drive over the center fielder to walk it off.
—
Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 June 2024
Beck, 23, jammed his left (glove) hand while making an excellent diving catch on Nick Castellano’s sinking line drive in left field at the end of the first inning.
—Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 26 May 2024
Shortstop Nate Martin robbed a base hit after leaping high and snagging a line drive, then followed that up with a diving play to take out the lead runner at third and halt all momentum.
—Timothy Dashiell, Baltimore Sun, 15 May 2024
Both players advanced on a fly out by Alex Bregman before Peña singled off Carlos Estévez (0-3) on a line drive to right field to give Houston the victory.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for line drive 
Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 June 2024
Beck, 23, jammed his left (glove) hand while making an excellent diving catch on Nick Castellano’s sinking line drive in left field at the end of the first inning.
—Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 26 May 2024
Shortstop Nate Martin robbed a base hit after leaping high and snagging a line drive, then followed that up with a diving play to take out the lead runner at third and halt all momentum.
—Timothy Dashiell, Baltimore Sun, 15 May 2024
Both players advanced on a fly out by Alex Bregman before Peña singled off Carlos Estévez (0-3) on a line drive to right field to give Houston the victory.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for line drive
These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'line drive.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.
Articles Related to line drive
Dictionary Entries Near line drive
Cite this Entry
“Line drive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/line%20drive. Accessed 13 Jun. 2024.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share