How to Use line judge in a Sentence

line judge

noun
  • The line judge called the ball out and Gauff did not keep it in play.
    — Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 30 July 2024
  • The ball hit a female line judge, who dropped to her knees at the back of the court.
    — Howard Fendrich, Houston Chronicle, 6 Sep. 2020
  • Clearly, the line judge could’ve and should’ve waited.
    — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Dec. 2025
  • The ball flew right at the line judge, who dropped to her knees at the back of the court and reached for her neck.
    — Bloomberg.com, 6 Sep. 2020
  • As the line judge made their call, Gauff returned the ball into the net.
    — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 30 July 2024
  • The ball hit a female line judge, who dropped to her knees at the back of the court and reached for her neck.
    — Howard Fendrich, chicagotribune.com, 6 Sep. 2020
  • And what about the annual debate over line judges?
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 23 May 2026
  • The moment might have gone unremarked had the ball not struck a line judge in the neck.
    — Nr Editors, National Review, 17 Sep. 2020
  • Gordon Riese, the line judge, had the best view of the last lateral.
    — Ron Kroichick, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Nov. 2022
  • There’s a flag on the ground because the line judge had Georgia offside.
    — Mark Heim | [email protected], al, 10 Feb. 2020
  • The line judge called the shot out, per The Guardian, so Gauff didn’t keep the ball in play.
    — Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 30 July 2024
  • On the play, the line judge tossed a flag in the end zone for a block in the back, which would’ve resulted in a safety.
    — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Dec. 2025
  • And a small army of volunteers, ballkids, umpires and line judges, and catering staff.
    — Washington Post, 14 Jan. 2020
  • Federer got into a dispute with a line judge and the chair umpire over cursing.
    — Howard Fendrich, Houston Chronicle, 28 Jan. 2020
  • During the match, a line judge called a ball that landed near the baseline out and Gauff did not keep the ball in play.
    — NBC News, 30 July 2024
  • During the second set, Vekic hit a ball that landed near the baseline and a line judge ruled it out.
    — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 30 July 2024
  • During the first set of their match, Zhang hit a forehand that appeared to hit the line, but the line judge ruled the ball was out.
    — Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 19 July 2023
  • During the second set, a line judge called a ball as out, resulting in Gauff not keeping it in play.
    — Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2024
  • After the point in question, Rublev pointed to the baseline, walked to the line judge, leaned over and shouted.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Mar. 2024
  • The one exception is next month’s French Open, which will continue using line judges for now.
    — Matias Grez, CNN Money, 28 Apr. 2025
  • While having a conversation with a line judge, Joseph broke out the perfect look of disbelief.
    — Andrew Joseph, USA TODAY, 17 Sep. 2017
  • The very next point, the same line judge called Monfils’ shot in to the dismay of Medvedev, who left the ball expecting an out call to come.
    — Matias Grez, CNN, 11 Apr. 2024
  • The others, Carl Johnson (line judge) and Greg Steed (back judge), were drawn from other crews.
    — Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 19 Nov. 2020
  • Novak Djokovic was defaulted in the fourth round for hitting a ball that inadvertently struck a line judge in the throat.
    — Ravi Ubha, CNN, 14 Sep. 2020
  • The French Open has retained line judges, continuing to use ball marks left in the clay to determine whether shots are in or out.
    — Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
  • The Video Assistant Referee crew took a closer look, overruled the line judge, and called it a goal.
    — Michelle Kaufman, miamiherald, 25 June 2018
  • Lynch, a close friend of Peters, ended up shoving line judge Julian Mapp and getting ejected .
    — Josh Dubow, sacbee, 19 Oct. 2017
  • Human line judges at the tournament have been replaced by optical technology to determine whether a ball is ruled in or out.
    — Skyler Caruso, People.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • That, of course, was when Djokovic unintentionally hit a line judge in the throat with a ball in a fit of anger — resulting in him being thrown out.
    — Star Tribune, 21 Sep. 2020
  • What’s unfortunate is that the line judge, the closest official, signaled a TD.
    — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Dec. 2025

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