How to Use linear in a Sentence

linear

adjective

• Of course, approval of the Supreme Court isn’t a linear trend.
  — Cooper Burton, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2023
• Next, the researchers in his lab made a linear incision in the skin of the mice.
  — Siddhartha Mukherjee, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2023
• But, much like the road to success, the episodes' timeline is not linear.
  — Lindsay Geller, Women's Health, 15 Apr. 2023
• The fairly linear melody at the start of the first verse certainly captures the vibe.
  — Tom Roland, Billboard, 23 Jan. 2024
• What if biopics of Black men and women weren’t so linear and grandiose?
  — Harmony Holiday, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2024
• In most gym movements, the weight follows a linear path.
  — Men's Health, 7 July 2023
• Though, keep in mind that healing is not always a linear process.
  — Claire Gillespie, Health, 1 May 2023
• Parks and Recreation: The Wharf is a mile-long linear park with swings and lounge chairs overlooking the water.
  — Amy Worden, Washington Post, 3 Apr. 2024
• And the league has sought out ways to get its games on new platforms while still keeping them on broadcast and linear TV.
  — Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Jan. 2024
• The shows will go out on both a linear service and a digital platform.
  — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 18 Apr. 2023
• Bates' journey to this point has been anything but linear.
  — Andrew Birkle, Detroit Free Press, 24 Apr. 2023
• Ryan Lahiff The living room is highlighted by a linear fireplace and walls of glass spilling outdoors.
  — Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 8 Apr. 2024
• Leasing of retail and office space along the linear park has been increasing.
  — Greg Garrison | , al, 4 May 2023
• The new whales aren’t part of a linear progression of early whales from sea to land, but part of a varied and many-branching family.
  — Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Nov. 2023
• The dual Hollywood strikes wiped out much of the scripted programming this fall on the linear networks.
  — Michael Schneider, Variety, 29 Dec. 2023
• But coiling 1,000 linear feet of drip tube around the front lawn to drip irrigate your favorite tree might not jive with the local HOA police!
  — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 7 July 2023
• The projects were to span nearly 40 linear miles on Black Mesa’s northeastern escarpment.
  — The Arizona Republic, 23 Feb. 2024
• Progress isn’t linear, despite what the last seven games might indicate.
  — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2024
• The sleek lines are reinforced with a stone wall accented with a linear gas fireplace topped with a floating black mantel.
  — Michelle Deal-Zimmerman, Baltimore Sun, 24 Aug. 2023
• The foyer is framed with a custom Mahogany wood door with artistic blown glass, while the great room has a linear fireplace surrounded with marble and slate tile.
  — William Thornton | [e-mail], al, 11 July 2023
• Six: Instead of linear plots: rhizomes, spirals, waves.
  — Hazlitt, 26 July 2023
• To date, holdback for pay and linear TV have been matters of industry consensus.
  — John Hopewell, Variety, 8 Mar. 2024
• Frito-Lay’s quest to capture consumers’ imagination with a big swing on linear TV breaks many of the top rules of modern marketing.
  — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 1 Feb. 2024
• Television and streaming don’t look a whole lot more promising, as the linear pay-TV industry faces long-term declines.
  — Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2023
• Most times our mental fatigue isn’t linear and can be triggered by many different things.
  — Chántelle Adanna, Essence, 22 Dec. 2023
• Instead, there is much more smooth, linear, and predictable increase in performance.
  — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 9 May 2023
• According to the complaint, the 7-year-old said she was left with bruises on her arms and legs from being struck and during the interview, rolled up her sleeve to show a long linear bruise on her forearm.
  — Nicole Acosta, Peoplemag, 23 Jan. 2024
• The turbo's boost is smoothly integrated, and response is quite linear for a boosted four.
  — Joe Lorio, Car and Driver, 24 Mar. 2023
• Its sales foray marks one of the rare instances where an original on a streamer (that’s still available globally on the platform) has been sold on the open market for linear rights.
  — Manori Ravindran, Variety, 6 Apr. 2023
• The other advantage is more shapes including round, square, and linear formats.
  — Jessica Cherner, House Beautiful, 30 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024