How to Use battle line in a Sentence

battle line

noun
  • And the battle lines are drawn.
    — Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2025
  • With two siblings, there are sharp battle lines.
    — Christine Smallwood, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
  • The battle lines were quickly drawn.
    — Literary Hub, 25 Mar. 2026
  • The job is to win them over, not to lock them in the same battle lines as before.
    — David Frum, The Atlantic, 28 Jan. 2026
  • The battle lines are drawn before dinner is served.
    — Literary Hub, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Plus Democrats draw battle lines over health care in new campaign dust-up.
    — Petra Cahill, NBC News, 16 July 2019
  • Over the course of the next month, his team changed position with the battle lines.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 6 Dec. 2019
  • Which means the battle lines are now to be fought over what’s in the rearview mirror, not in what comes next.
    — Time, 29 Jan. 2018
  • By the time Taylor stepped down from the bus, their battle lines had seared in the grass.
    — Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Aug. 2023
  • Now that everyone knows what is at stake, the battle lines are being drawn.
    — Barry Libert, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The rivalry was not mentioned, but the battle lines were clear to see.
    — Alyson Krueger, Air Mail, 25 Oct. 2025
  • The battle lines are drawn, the paranoia is growing, and the barbs are flying.
    — Vulture, 2 Mar. 2023
  • With four months to go until the March primaries, the battle lines have been set.
    — John Delapp, Houston Chronicle, 13 Dec. 2019
  • The battle lines are hardly subtle.
    — Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 27 Mar. 2026
  • This was a typical battle line for the housing debate more than a decade ago.
    — Roger Valdez, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2021
  • Each award was a shot across the battle line between the two Hollywoods.
    — Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2023
  • Vaccine mandates are about to replace mask mandates as a new battle line.
    — Gerald F. Seib, WSJ, 2 Aug. 2021
  • Who knows where the Fantastic Four will land when the battle lines are drawn.
    — Eliana Dockterman, Time, 26 Mar. 2025
  • With less than five months to election day, the campaign battle lines are becoming more stark.
    — ABC News, 23 June 2024
  • There were distinct battle lines drawn across the East Village.
    — New York Times, 17 Apr. 2018
  • In both the film and Pynchon’s novel, battle lines are drawn early.
    — Chris Stanton, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2024
  • Meanwhile, the battle lines are also being drawn for the fall election.
    — Karen Tumulty, Washington Post, 1 Jan. 2018
  • And redistricting fights will be key to shaping the battle lines.
    — Mark Murray, NBC News, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Either way, the battle lines have been drawn — and there’s been fighting on multiple fronts.
    — USA TODAY, 10 June 2019
  • On the ground, battle lines can be drawn, delineating zones of conflict.
    — Christian Davenport, Washington Post, 2 July 2023
  • As the impeachment battle lines have been drawn, Jones has tried to cast himself as above the fray.
    — Kim Chandler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Oct. 2019
  • But the battle lines barely shifted after the war’s initial phase.
    — Dominic Green, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Feb. 2025
  • The location of the pit also fits with the battle lines from the second battle.
    — Washington Post, 20 June 2018
  • The battle lines were bright and clear—and incredibly porous.
    — Kevin Dettmar, The New Yorker, 20 July 2019
  • Now that this battle line is drawn, the stakes for higher education could not be higher.
    — Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025

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