How to Use the end of the line in a Sentence

the end of the line

noun phrase
  • This might be the end of the line.
    — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 15 Mar. 2026
  • This doesn’t mean the end of the line for Spirit.
    — Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 21 Aug. 2025
  • The driver told me to go to the end of the line, then take the light-rail.
    — Andrew Leland, The New Yorker, 8 July 2023
  • Sorry #Tiva fans, this is the end of the line.
    — Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Dec. 2025
  • Maybe that will be the end of the line for Betts’ shortstop career.
    — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2023
  • If there had been a life ring at the end of the line, it had been lost when the boat all but overturned.
    — Orval C. Johnson, Outdoor Life, 31 Oct. 2024
  • One of the most beloved roadsters of this century has reached the end of the line.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 14 May 2026
  • And then there’s that comma, dangling like an untied shoelace off the end of the line.
    — Susan Tallman, The New York Review of Books, 2 Nov. 2023
  • On land, in the world of nation-states, Landi had reached the end of the line.
    — Atossa Araxia Abrahamian Atossa Araxia Abrahamian, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
  • For fans of Cyndi Lauper, this is the end of the line.
    — John Wenzel, Denver Post, 7 Aug. 2025
  • In front of us was the end of the line where the tram would come to a stop with its own special lively clang.
    — Literary Hub, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Repeat this pattern until the balloon gets all the way to the end of the line.
    — Catherine Holecko, Parents, 30 July 2024
  • However, exposure to frost is the end of the line for a coleus.
    — Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 July 2024
  • If there’s still a line when polls close, a poll worker will stand at the end of the line to mark the cutoff.
    — Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 2 June 2026
  • If there’s still a line when polls close, a poll worker will stand at the end of the line to mark the cutoff.
    — Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 3 June 2026
  • So, Bevere concluded that was the end of the line for her pageant ideals.
    — Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
  • People who are paying for their next meal in installments have reached the end of the line.
    — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
  • The station is the end of the line of R trains from Brooklyn on overnights.
    — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 15 Apr. 2025
  • The station is the end of the line for R trains from Brooklyn on overnights.
    — Ellen Moynihan, New York Daily News, 15 Apr. 2025
  • Will there be more Darby Hart cases or is this the end of the line for her?
    — Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 19 Dec. 2023
  • At the end of the line was the bonfire and his friends and family waiting to cheer his good deeds.
    — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Either way, every time a flag flies, the fish at the end of the line could be something special.
    — Brad Dokken, Twin Cities, 16 Mar. 2025
  • Those attending after their appointment will go to the end of the line.
    — Doug Thompson, arkansasonline.com, 29 Feb. 2024
  • This might be the end of the line for the TV show, but the books live on, as do the friendships made.
    — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 12 May 2023
  • Whatever was on the end of the line was big, powerful, and heading east fast.
    — Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Nevertheless, Huiberts does not see this as the end of the line.
    — Quanta Magazine, 13 Oct. 2025
  • These games will determine a lot for the playoff committee and could spell the end of the line for some teams.
    — Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2024
  • All that’s missing are the rowdy A’s fans and people dozing ’til the end of the line.
    — Kate Bradshaw, The Mercury News, 2 Jan. 2024
  • This withdrawal is not the end of the line for future asbestos testing in talc products.
    — Marci Robin, Allure, 4 Dec. 2025
  • Verlander is a future Hall of Famer and is nearing the end of the line.
    — Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2025

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