How to Use straight-line in a Sentence

straight-line

adjective

• When a straight-line jet stream blows in from the Pacific Ocean.
  — Vivian Manning-Schaffel, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2024
• The future is never a straight-line projection of the present.
  — Matthew Continetti, National Review, 25 Mar. 2023
• Storms will sweep into the area Friday night, bringing the threat of heavy rains, strong straight-line winds and hail.
  — Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 7 June 2024
• The strongest storms could have damaging straight-line winds, hail and heavy rain.
  — Leigh Morgan, al, 1 July 2023
• It’s designed to create a straight-line path to the baseball while keeping the swing plane level.
  — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 4 July 2024
• The simpler way to move around the pallet would be a set of straight-line walking paths with pivots in between.
  — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 6 Feb. 2024
• Its straight-line silhouette has a long skirt with side slits for airflow and handy pockets to boot.
  — Clara McMahon, Peoplemag, 18 May 2024
• The strongest storms could bring damaging straight-line winds, hail, lightning and heavy rain.
  — Leigh Morgan, al, 13 Aug. 2023
• Damaging straight-line winds and large hail are the primary threats.
  — Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 9 May 2024
• Geis shot a straight-line kick towards the center of the goal, but the shot was saved by St. Francis goalkeeper Arya Jamkhandi.
  — Nathan Canilao, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2024
• Strong straight-line winds of 70 mph, quarter-to-golf ball-sized hail and heavy rain are also likely Friday night.
  — Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2023
• The storm brought straight-line winds that knocked over more than 30 utility poles along the main road into Westminster.
  — Molly Fellin Spence, Baltimore Sun, 14 Aug. 2023
• The Performance models aren’t purely about straight-line speed, though.
  — Bradley Iger, Robb Report, 6 July 2023
• Gusty to locally damaging straight-line winds will be the main concern.
  — Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 20 Apr. 2023
• Large hail and damaging straight-line winds will be the primary hazards.
  — Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 3 July 2024
• The asset will be amortized on a straight-line basis over a seven-year period.
  — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 May 2024
• Rolling a quarter along a three-inch straight-line path would involve only one rotation.
  — Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 20 June 2023
• Here’s the severe weather outlook for today: The strongest storms could have damaging straight-line winds, hail and heavy rain.
  — Leigh Morgan, al, 20 July 2023
• High water caused several road and school closures, and near 60 mph straight-line winds took the roof off a building in Russell County.
  — Rae Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 11 May 2023
• But straight-line grunt isn't the SS Yukon's most profound characteristic.
  — Barry Winfield, Car and Driver, 20 July 2023
• Some storms could become strong to severe, with damaging straight-line winds and hail being the primary threats.
  — Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 4 Aug. 2023
• Wednesday is forecast to be the most volatile day of the week, with strong tornadoes and damaging straight-line winds in excess of 75 mph possible.
  — Kathryn Prociv, NBC News, 9 Apr. 2024
• Any undrafted free agent who gets a chance in the NFL has to have a chance to be effective on special teams, and Adams put his combination of strength and straight-line speed to work.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 10 May 2023
• Although the Colt trails much of the group in straight-line performance, its engine revs willingly and seamlessly, and its shifter stirs smoothly.
  — Kevin Smith, Car and Driver, 4 Mar. 2023
• The curved land bridge designed by Field Operations differs from the Haslam proposal, which called for a straight-line extension of the Mall that would have been about 350 feet wide.
  — Steven Litt, cleveland, 27 July 2023
• Neutered straight-line thrust compared with the old 2.0T model, bland design from some angles, manuals remain firmly in the past.
  — Mike Sutton, Car and Driver, 24 Feb. 2023
• But for the time-crunched, here’s my summary: AI has enormous potential to transform business and society, but don’t expect a straight-line climb to the sky.
  — Alan Murray, Fortune, 4 Jan. 2024
• Effects: With a swift jet stream moving overhead, storms are likely to mix momentum to the surface in the form of strong to locally damaging straight-line winds.
  — Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 27 July 2023
• The outlet warned of destructive straight-line winds that could topple trees and spark power outages, hail, flash flooding and tornadoes.
  — Susan Miller, USA TODAY, 7 Aug. 2023
• Primary threats include damaging straight-line winds and large hail.
  — Aaron Valdez, The Enquirer, 9 May 2024

Last Updated: 3 Dec 2024