How to Use line drive in a Sentence

line drive

noun
Definition of line drivenext
  • He hit a hard line drive to the shortstop.
  • In the ninth, Robinson made a backhand grab of a Bench line drive.
    — Mike Klingaman, baltimoresun.com, 21 Oct. 2020
  • The last of those was most memorable, a line drive that would have made any physics professor proud.
    — David Moore, Dallas News, 2 Nov. 2020
  • Kyle Tucker ripped a line drive up the middle, but that’s right where shortstop Willy Adames was playing.
    — Matt Young, Houston Chronicle, 11 Oct. 2020
  • Joey Wendle followed with a line drive that glanced off the glove of third baseman Alex Bregman and tied the game.
    — Matt Young, Houston Chronicle, 13 Oct. 2020
  • Singleton then smacked his two-strike double, a line drive to center field to score Alvarez and Diaz.
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2024
  • Winker made it 3-0 by leading off the fourth with his 11th home run – a low line drive into the netting above the Brewer bullpen.
    — John Fay, The Enquirer, 24 Sep. 2020
  • Bregman hit a 98 mph line drive to right-center, but Kevin Kiermaier caught it to end the Astros' hopes.
    — Greg Beacham, Star Tribune, 12 Oct. 2020
  • And Bill Wambsganss recorded a triple play by catching a line drive, stepping on second base, and tagging the runner from first.
    — Marc Bona, cleveland, 10 Oct. 2020
  • Jace Peterson followed with a line drive to left that Shogo Akiyama just missed making a running, leaping catch.
    — John Fay, The Enquirer, 22 Sep. 2020
  • Stanton then hit a 110.8 mph line drive in the eighth, but left fielder Randy Arozarena caught it for the Yankees' third out.
    — Greg Beacham, Star Tribune, 6 Oct. 2020
  • This was a mismatch, until Eddie Rosario’s first-inning line drive found a glove Tuesday afternoon, and the shoulders of an entire franchise slumped.
    — Star Tribune, 30 Sep. 2020
  • The shot left his hands like a line drive and clanged off the rim.
    — Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 5 Feb. 2022
  • The line drive struck Flowers’ glove and dropped to the ground.
    — Adam Lichtenstein, sun-sentinel.com, 13 May 2021
  • The first pitch of the inning was a line drive base hit to right field.
    — Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 14 Aug. 2022
  • His line drive to left cleared the wall for a grand slam that tied the score.
    — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2022
  • Nicky Lopez’s line drive had struck him near the right hip.
    — Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 June 2021
  • The line drive Rutschman hit in the bottom of the 10th inning Thursday?
    — Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun, 4 June 2022
  • Bassitt was struck on the side of the head by a line drive against the Chicago White Sox.
    — Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 18 Aug. 2021
  • The right-hander took a line drive off his face in a 9-0 loss to the White Sox.
    — Steve Kroner, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 Sep. 2021
  • His 377-foot line drive hit off the top of the wall in right field and fell for a single.
    — Dave Clark, The Enquirer, 14 Sep. 2022
  • The gaps are huge, and line drive hitters can rake in Coors.
    — Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2021
  • But in the top of the second, Daz Cameron hit a line drive off Keller, which knocked him out of the game.
    — Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free Press, 19 Mar. 2022
  • The third run scored on a line drive to right by Juan Soto.
    — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2022
  • But this is just a straight-line drive with his off hand, all the way to the rim, on Huerter.
    — Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 Nov. 2021
  • Both plays – the Smith line drive grab and the Durán throw – impressed Woodward.
    — Joseph Hoyt, Dallas News, 22 June 2022
  • Gallo’s shot came off the bat at 114 mph, a line drive to right field.
    — Dallas News, 27 Apr. 2021
  • The 23-year-old was hit in the knee with a line drive from Colin Moran on the final pitch of the third.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 10 Sep. 2021
  • One was an inside-the-park homer, a sinking line drive to center field that got past a diving Derek Hill and went all the way to the wall.
    — Jack Magruder, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2024
  • The fastest action happens when players approach the net and start striking line drives at each other.
    — Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2024

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