line drive

noun

: a batted baseball hit in a nearly straight line usually not far above the ground

Examples of line drive in a Sentence

He hit a hard line drive to the shortstop.

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Sometimes, an opponent can go between the legs, hesitate, then uncork a crossover to shift Bridges out of his defensive stance and get a straight line drive to the rim. —

Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 18 Jan. 2025 What also stood out for me was his line drives up the middle, two feet off the ground. —

Jim Bowden, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025 In the video, a lanky kid is smoothly fielding balls on a dirt infield, then throwing hard strikes from the mound, and then lacing line drives from the left-handed batter’s box. —

Dan Freedman, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025 Nine minutes into the second, the Griffins took the lead for good when Victoria Bloch took a short pass from Vivi Zacarias, positioned herself about 25 yards from the goal, stopped and kicked a line drive over the keeper’s head and into the net. —

Lou Ponsi, Orange County Register, 16 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for line drive