How to Use line out in a Sentence

line out

verb
  • Evans would line out to end the inning.
    — Matt Murschel, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 May 2026
  • Schmitt lined out to shortstop on the next pitch.
    — Cam Inman, Mercury News, 10 June 2026
  • Kemp says there’s a line out the door when her school’s food pantry opens.
    — Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2019
  • On the right side of the field, four players were lined out wide.
    — Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY, 1 Dec. 2019
  • Witt swung at a first-pitch fastball and lined out to right field.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 25 May 2023
  • The sewer line out in the street was shallow.
    — Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 9 May 2026
  • Hynes kept the fourth line out to eat up the rest of the period.
    — Michael Russo, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2026
  • But this year, there's no line out the door and barely any pastries.
    — Rob Schmitz, NPR, 12 Apr. 2024
  • That brought up Hamilton again, who lined out to left to end the game.
    — Scott Springer, Cincinnati.com, 15 Apr. 2018
  • Brings was fishing from the beach and had two lines out when the tarpon struck.
    — Travis Hall, Field & Stream, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Mauricio Dubón lined out to end the inning.
    — Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 17 June 2026
  • Julio Rodríguez worked the count full and then lined out to center.
    — Noah Gulley, Miami Herald, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Monday, the restaurant had a line out the door and its patios were full.
    — Andrea Chang, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2021
  • In spin fishing, the weight of the lure carries the line out to the water.
    — Francesca Krempa, Outside, 15 Jan. 2026
  • And his community showed up with lines out the door and down the street.
    — Louisa Kung Liu Chu, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2026
  • Matt Vierling lined out to the warning track to right to end the game.
    — CBS News, 28 June 2026
  • So Bednar needs to let the line out a little bit, give him some slack.
    — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Bichette lined out to right field to end the inning, leaving them loaded.
    — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Carlson gets Tow to line out to left field on the first pitch of the inning.
    — Tom Green, AL.com, 18 Mar. 2018
  • Cronenworth lined out at the end of that battle.
    — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Castellanos lined out to center in the first inning and flied out to right in the third.
    — George Sipple, Detroit Free Press, 20 Sep. 2017
  • Odor walked and was at first base when Elvis Andrus lined out to right field.
    — Stefan Stevenson, star-telegram, 9 Apr. 2018
  • Cisneros got a ground out, fly out and line out, however, to end the game.
    — Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Arenado struck out in his first and third trips to the plate, and lined out in between.
    — Dan Perry, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025
  • On weekend nights, the restaurant-bar is packed with a line out the door for tables.
    — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2023
  • Myles Murphy headed to the free throw line out of the timeout.
    — Ben Thomas | [email protected], al, 2 Mar. 2022
  • Social distancing is now putting the line out the door and onto the plaza.
    — Dewayne Bevil, orlandosentinel.com, 5 Nov. 2020
  • The jump line at Spirit holds its own to any terrain line out West.
    — Star Tribune, 5 Dec. 2020
  • The line out the door grew as more and more pools trickled in to celebrate the title.
    — Joseph Hoyt, Dallas News, 5 Apr. 2021
  • And Yasiel Puig lined out to first to end the fifth with runners at the corners.
    — Billy Witz, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2017

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