How to Use line drive in a Sentence

line drive

noun
  • He hit a hard line drive to the shortstop.
  • Reid then got on a line drive to third to end the threat.
    — Creg Stephenson, AL.com, 8 Feb. 2018
  • Mazara turned on the pitch for a line drive to right field.
    — Hunter Atkins, Houston Chronicle, 8 June 2018
  • 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 treatment hit Ruth like a line drive to the throat.
    — Randy Roberts and Johnny Smith, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Apr. 2020
  • The first pitch of the inning was a line drive base hit to right field.
    — Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 14 Aug. 2022
  • The Dodgers went ahead in the top of the seventh on a line drive off the bat of Bellinger.
    — Jake Kaplan, Houston Chronicle, 30 Oct. 2017
  • 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
  • The goal is to hit the ball hard and hit line drives and barrel them up.
    — Dan Hayes, The Athletic, 17 Aug. 2024
  • Springer gave one last burst of hope with a line drive.
    — Hunter Atkins, Houston Chronicle, 29 Aug. 2019
  • His 380-foot line drive hit the netting on the foul pole in left.
    — John Shipley, Twin Cities, 19 June 2019
  • 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
  • Six of his seven hits have been line drives off the bat.
    — Chandler Rome, Houston Chronicle, 10 Apr. 2018
  • 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
  • Solano hit a line drive to center in his first at-bat and flied out to end the game.
    — Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 5 July 2019
  • The up-the-middle foul ball When can a line drive up the middle be a foul ball?
    — Chris Chase, For The Win, 11 Apr. 2018
  • 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
  • The line drive left Brown’s bat at 101 mph, with an A’s runner on third base.
    — Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 June 2022
  • Roberts said Hernández felt the injury while chasing down a line drive in the gap in the third inning of Monday's game.
    — Noah Camras, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 May 2025
  • In the second inning, Witt ripped a line drive over Astros right-fielder Cam Smith’s head.
    — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 13 May 2025

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