How to Use through line in a Sentence

through line

noun
  • Like to me, that is the through line.
    — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 5 June 2026
  • The through line in all of it is the same.
    — Harlem Capital, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
  • The through line of it is that life is hard, but music heals.
    — Melinda Newman, Billboard, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Even though, of course, there will always be a through line of things that suck.
    — Brooke Bobb, Vogue, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Performing has been the through line of his life.
    — Air Mail, 28 Feb. 2026
  • That’s so much of what the through line is, more than anything else on the show.
    — Juan Barquin, IndieWire, 15 July 2024
  • The value of friendship is a through line across the show.
    — Stephanie Ganz, Parents, 16 June 2026
  • The value of friendship is a through line across the show.
    — Stephanie Ganz, Parents, 5 Jan. 2026
  • But the through line of the story always has stayed the same.
    — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2024
  • In your friendships with other artists, what is the through line?
    — Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 27 July 2023
  • Like, there was no through line narrative.
    — Jem Aswad, Variety, 6 Nov. 2025
  • There's a through line between these two Zeus actors.
    — Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 20 Jan. 2026
  • There’s a definite through line.
    — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 8 May 2026
  • These four recipes highlight just some of those aromatic through lines.
    — Jesse Szewczyk, Bon Appetit Magazine, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Nonetheless, sports became a through line in his life.
    — Kansas City Star, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Two decades later, that fickle through line carries on.
    — Douglas Robson, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Hill theorizes it’ll get customers through lines faster.
    — Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 13 May 2026
  • The idea of agency is a prominent through line of the program.
    — Jane Park, Journal Sentinel, 15 July 2024
  • The through line of our editors’ favorites?
    — Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Mar. 2026
  • That transportive quality is the through line.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Kansas City Star, 18 June 2026
  • That’s the through line and that’s the important thing for us as a company.
    — Ashley Cullins, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Mar. 2023
  • This lack of a narrative through line leaves the writers scrambling for stakes.
    — Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 29 June 2024
  • Jewel-box shades of purple and pink are another through line.
    — Max Berlinger, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Wanting to be seen only as one’s most perfect self is a thrilling through line in this novel.
    — Kristen Arnett, Washington Post, 13 July 2023
  • The actress and singer promises a through line, without handing out hints.
    — Thomas Floyd, Washington Post, 27 Nov. 2023
  • That transitory through line is not just present in the doc’s themes, either.
    — Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 June 2023
  • Authenticity seems to be a through line in your work.
    — Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Those are just two of many success stories and the through line there is their ownership of the work.
    — Jasmine Browley, Essence, 20 July 2023
  • Snakeskin, meanwhile, has become one of the clearest through lines of late-year footwear.
    — Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 6 Dec. 2025
  • The broad-stroke through lines of that story pretty much played out by 2020.
    — David Karpf, WIRED, 27 July 2023

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