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Examples of line drive in a Sentence
He hit a hard line drive to the shortstop.
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The Dodgers forced him to throw 93 pitches to complete five innings but mustered only one run after Mookie Betts led off the game by sneaking a line drive over the left-field wall.
—Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 13 May 2024
Freeman’s blast — a line drive that hooked inside the right field foul pole — gave Paxton early breathing room.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1903, in the meaning defined above
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“Line drive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/line%20drive. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
Kids Definition
line drive
noun
: a batted baseball hit not far above the ground in a nearly straight line
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