How to Use line drawing in a Sentence

line drawing

noun
  • The filled-in oval for the Petitioner had a line drawn through it.
    Laura Vozzella, Washington Post, 4 Jan. 2018
  • On this day, Arpaio's lines drew laughter and applause across the room.
    Yvonne Wingett Sanchez, azcentral, 6 July 2018
  • All the works stem from an intricate line drawing of a face Michel made in 2016.
    Cate McQuaid, BostonGlobe.com, 24 May 2023
  • My childhood would always have a line drawn through it, the before and the after.
    Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 2 Mar. 2018
  • Carlile raised her phone to show me a photo of a tiny gray tabby with tired eyes and a mouth like a child’s shaky line drawing.
    New York Times, 1 Apr. 2021
  • Several Democrats said they were surprised by the sharp line drawn by the black caucus.
    Washington Post, 30 July 2019
  • Some of the line drawing that the tax law seems to require can seem artificial.
    Robert W. Wood, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2022
  • Some of the location data came in the form of boundary files, which have lines drawn around the borders of structures or parcels.
    Matt Stiles, www.latimes.com, 9 Sep. 2019
  • The graffiti also included the word Jews with a line drawn through it.
    sun-sentinel.com, 8 Oct. 2019
  • Its 80 pages all have chic line drawings of flowers just waiting to be colored.
    Maya Polton, Parents, 21 Nov. 2023
  • On the cover is a line drawing of a little boy sitting in his father’s lap and smiling up at him.
    Beth Thames , al, 17 June 2020
  • On the snack bar is a fresh bit of tagging: a black line drawing of a man smoking marijuana with a can of beer by his side.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Nov. 2021
  • No distinction was made, no line drawn, between the real and the imagined, the spontaneous and the scripted.
    Rory Smith, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2018
  • So there are times losses can have a straight line drawn directly to that conflicting aim.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Aug. 2019
  • Taking a firm line draws a bellicose response from the Kremlin.
    Madeline Roache, Time, 12 Nov. 2019
  • Or the inexplicable black line drawn down the center of her forehead?
    Meirav Devash, Allure, 10 Sep. 2017
  • In July, the line drew an average of 1,460 daily riders.
    oregonlive.com, 21 Aug. 2019
  • Then the researcher uploaded a simple line drawing of a foot taking a step, and asked the model to pinpoint the moment in the transcript that the drawing refers to.
    Richard Nieva, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2024
  • The distance scored is related to the construction point (K-point) which is a line drawn in the landing area to serve as a target for competitors to reach.
    Charlotte Carroll, SI.com, 6 Dec. 2017
  • Bakker sized each photo, created a line drawing and transferred it to the panel, painting over it.
    Janice Neumann, chicagotribune.com, 5 Mar. 2022
  • Any straight line drawn from one focus to the circumference of the ellipse is reflected to the other focus.
    Quanta Magazine, 30 June 2016
  • That line drew blood: Mr. Johnson’s purge the previous day has left the Conservative Party in a state of near-civil war.
    Mark Landler, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2019
  • But PayPal isn’t just banking on its current product line drawing in the dollars.
    Q.ai - Make Genius Money Moves, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2021
  • In other states, courts stepped in to limit partisan line drawing.
    David Lautersenior Editor, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2022
  • At that time, the MDTA issued a map that showed thick lines drawn all up and down the bay, indicating potential crossings.
    Pamela Wood, baltimoresun.com, 27 Aug. 2019
  • The look involves a diagonal line drawn directly through the middle of your nail, and much like actual cat eyes, the lines vary.
    Leah Prinzivalli, Allure, 4 Oct. 2019
  • Not quite a solid line Organizers promised 45 miles of support, a solid red line drawn all the way across the Valley’s southern end.
    Perry Vandell, azcentral, 25 Apr. 2018
  • This illusion holds when the horizontal or vertical lines are on the dress of a line drawing of a woman.
    Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 21 Apr. 2014
  • There’s a watercolor of a couple arguing in a restaurant in rich reds and greens, line drawings of friends and people on the beach, and two self-portraits.
    Zing Tsjeng, Vogue, 20 Mar. 2024
  • That’s a credit to the jazz score created by composer Jeff Morrow, the animation that replicates Schulz’s original line drawings and the script, which captures the way the characters speak.
    Amy Amatangelo, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2024

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