How to Use fine line in a Sentence

fine line

noun

• Subscribe For years, Democrats have walked a fine line with Fox News.
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 3 Mar. 2023
• Like that film, How to Blow Up a Pipeline walks a fine line between issue and genre.
  — Matt Monagle, Chron, 7 Apr. 2023
• Bell said that there’s a fine line that every player has to balance.
  — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 25 Jan. 2024
• What’s the fine line between an overshirt and a shirt that’s just big enough to be worn above another?
  — Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 23 Feb. 2024
• There’s a fine line between chaos and incoherence, and Wong needed a few years to get on the right side of it.
  — Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2023
• At the same time, the East Wing seems keen to walk a fine line with respect to her involvement in culture warfare.
  — Jesús Rodríguez, Washington Post, 21 Aug. 2023
• But also there’s a fine line of the government trying to silence us.
  — Cat Cardenas, Vulture, 21 June 2023
• Her opinions drew a fine line between what school officials could and could not do.
  — David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2023
• There is also a gorgeous chocolate shop on site, with cakes and chocolates that walk a fine line between art and food.
  — Maya Kachroo-Levine, Travel + Leisure, 11 Apr. 2023
• This is a fine line on the edge of anthropomorphizing AI.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
• Somebody once told him that there’s a fine line between being a husband and a caretaker.
  — Alden Woods, The Arizona Republic, 23 July 2024
• The letters are applied with a brush and subtly mirrored by a fine line of palladium tracing around the lid.
  — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 21 Feb. 2024
• In response, Trump has tried to walk a fine line on the issue, in part by dodging questions or answering them vaguely.
  — Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2024
• Retailers must walk a fine line between the cost of convenience and the cost of losing customers due to lack of convenience.
  — Shep Hyken, Forbes, 13 Aug. 2023
• The show walked a fine line this year of acknowledging and engaging with weighty themes but having a sense of humor about itself.
  — Rebecca Keegan, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Aug. 2024
• Watch carefully, as the high fat content of the crackers makes a fine line between golden delicious and burnt.
  — Bhg Test Kitchen, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 May 2024
• There is a not-so-fine line between thrifty enterprise, and simply turning garbage into more garbage.
  — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 16 Feb. 2023
• Amid the new congressional scrutiny, Bowser must figure out how to walk a very fine line.
  — Michael Brice-Saddler, Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2023
• The Harris campaign is walking a fine line with its co-opting of the Brat imagery and language — the margin between amusing and cringe is razor thin.
  — Mia Sato, The Verge, 23 July 2024
• Walking a fine line between casual pants and sweatpants, these bestsellers from Public Rec can get by as chinos, but are cozy enough to hang out in, too.
  — Joe Niehaus, Travel + Leisure, 12 Jan. 2024
• The West has always depended on atmospheric rivers for much of the annual rainfall, but there’s a fine line between too much and not enough.
  — USA TODAY, 7 Feb. 2024
• There can be a fine line between extending life and prolonging death, and bravely, my dad was done with compromise.
  — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2023
• The book is also a meditation on the very fine line between make-believe and reality.
  — The Week Us, theweek, 18 Jan. 2024
• There was no real support to guide me about the fine line between being a goof in comedy and what's stereotypical and what's offensive now.
  — Jessica Wang, EW.com, 6 May 2024
• VandeHei, a star center fielder and two-time all-state selection, knows there’s a fine line between winning and losing.
  — Rick Armstrong, Chicago Tribune, 15 Mar. 2023
• As Williams, Hart — also an executive producer — walks a fine line.
  — Alison Herman, Variety, 5 Sep. 2024
• The companies that offer uncensored A.I. companionship have to walk a fine line.
  — Kevin Roose, New York Times, 9 May 2024
• With the prevalence of social media, all panelists at the Sports Leaders Keynote Roundtable acknowledged that social media holds great power to alter the lives of athletes, a force that walks a fine line.
  — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 14 July 2023
• Having spent many a night pedaling through London traffic commuting to corporate jobs, the pair came up with a fine line in light-emitting, reflective gear.
  — Laura Holt, Travel + Leisure, 16 Nov. 2023
• There’s a fine line between enticing the audience with a promise for answers and confusing them with an amorphous mass of hints and atmospherics.
  — Alison Herman, Variety, 21 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 18 Nov 2024