How to Use blue line in a Sentence

blue line

noun
Definition of blue linenext
  • Kampfer could start the year in the blue line six pack.
    — Matt Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 25 June 2019
  • The changes Cassidy planned to make were along the blue line.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 31 Mar. 2022
  • Zdeno Chara on the left side of the blue line, and Ray Bourque on the right.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Dec. 2022
  • But what could change the complexion of the blue line is a trade.
    — Sarah McLellan, Star Tribune, 5 Oct. 2020
  • Manson then carried the puck down the right wing and across the Flames’ blue line.
    — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2019
  • Heiskanen got the Stars on the board at 6:31 on a long shot from the blue line through traffic.
    — Dallas News, 4 Jan. 2023
  • The deal was made and Thrun figures to be a staple on the Sharks’ blue line for years to come.
    — Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 5 Apr. 2024
  • The red ink Trump poured on Lebanon's thin blue line is no anomaly.
    — NBC News, 13 June 2019
  • Even Clay Hanus’s goal, from in front of the blue line, was with Tyson Kozak screening in front.
    — Dylan Bumbarger, oregonlive, 26 Feb. 2022
  • The Thin Blue Line flag is a black flag with a blue line running through the center.
    — Daily Pilot, 18 Sep. 2019
  • The deeper Cook Strait is a thin navy-blue line at the horizon, as straight as a seam.
    — Longreads, 18 Sep. 2019
  • Leddy has been steady on the blue line and has three goals and two assists.
    — Randy Johnson, Star Tribune, 9 Sep. 2020
  • Then 2:05 into the second, Krashik picked up the puck at the blue line and sent a wrist shot past Stauber on the glove side.
    — Staff Reports, courant.com, 28 Dec. 2020
  • Tansem’s shot from the blue line is deflected home by Peardon from the top of the crease.
    — Dylan Bumbarger, oregonlive, 10 Jan. 2023
  • Prout figures to compete for the seventh spot on the Sharks’ blue line.
    — Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 2 July 2019
  • The puck just sits a few feet in front of the Portland blue line, Nguyen jumps on it, speeds down the ice for a breakaway, and scores.
    — Dylan Bumbarger, oregonlive, 12 Mar. 2023
  • But the city's thin blue line just keeps getting thinner.
    — David McFadden, ajc, 6 Sep. 2021
  • But the city’s thin blue line just keeps getting thinner.
    — David McFadden, baltimoresun.com, 7 Sep. 2021
  • On the second goal, the Wings stood still at their own blue line, enabling the Predators to race through them.
    — Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 23 Mar. 2021
  • Next up was Lambos, kicking off the shopping spree for the blue line.
    — Sarah McLellan, Star Tribune, 24 July 2021
  • Scoring from the blue line is going to be a big need for next season.
    — Dylan Bumbarger, oregonlive, 8 May 2021
  • The hit by Perry came right after Ellis had gotten the puck in front of the blue line.
    — Stephen Hawkins, Houston Chronicle, 1 Jan. 2020
  • Alex Ovechkin poked the puck from the Panthers defenseman at his blue line.
    — Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 4 May 2022
  • Dump-ins have become plays to be made at the offensive blue line.
    — Dallas News, 11 Nov. 2022
  • Tomas Hertl got a stick in close on Karlsson’s drive from the blue line that slipped through Smith for a softie and a 5-1 lead.
    — Ross McKeon, SFChronicle.com, 12 Nov. 2019
  • Behind the thin blue line is the idea that police are the force that stands between law and order and chaos.
    — David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Nov. 2020
  • Anderson reclaimed the lead with his first of the year on a shot from the blue line that Jarry seemed to lose track of.
    — Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2022
  • The sheriff of Kent County, Md., ordered his deputies to wear masks in court adorned with a thin blue line.
    — Rachel Weiner, Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2022
  • The Stars couldn’t connect passes over the blue line, and Vegas did its best to place sticks in the passing lanes.
    — Matthew Defranks, Dallas News, 4 Aug. 2020
  • The thin blue line flag became most visible in 2020 as a reaction to defund the police movements that swept the country in the wake of the police custody death of George Floyd.
    — Bradford Betz, Fox News, 1 Apr. 2024

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