How to Use through line in a Sentence

through line

noun

• But the through line of the story always has stayed the same.
  — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2024
• The through line of it is that life is hard, but music heals.
  — Melinda Newman, Billboard, 2 Mar. 2023
• Even though, of course, there will always be a through line of things that suck.
  — Brooke Bobb, Vogue, 28 Mar. 2023
• In your friendships with other artists, what is the through line?
  — Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 27 July 2023
• The broad-stroke through lines of that story pretty much played out by 2020.
  — David Karpf, WIRED, 27 July 2023
• That’s the through line and that’s the important thing for us as a company.
  — Ashley Cullins, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Mar. 2023
• Those are just two of many success stories and the through line there is their ownership of the work.
  — Jasmine Browley, Essence, 20 July 2023
• The pre-fall drop has a very clear through line back to the first flowerings of his tenure at Vuitton.
  — Dave Schilling, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2024
• And it's been a through line in all of his campaigns, and he's been pretty clear about some of the reasons why he's focused on this.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 5 Apr. 2024
• The through line here is the city itself — a city of makers and doers — as seen through the eyes of two of its most steadfast observers.
  — Kriston Capps, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2023
• This lack of a narrative through line leaves the writers scrambling for stakes.
  — Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 29 June 2024
• Excess is repugnant to Mr. David, and calling it out has been a through line in his work.
  — Ruth La Ferla, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2024
• The actress and singer promises a through line, without handing out hints.
  — Thomas Floyd, Washington Post, 27 Nov. 2023
• That transitory through line is not just present in the doc’s themes, either.
  — Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 June 2023
• Saboteurs pick locks and toss shock traps, and Bruisers break walls and charge through lines of enemies.
  — Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 8 Oct. 2023
• Did the show always have this through line about the experience of travel?
  — Chris Ritter, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 July 2024
• Wanting to be seen only as one’s most perfect self is a thrilling through line in this novel.
  — Kristen Arnett, Washington Post, 13 July 2023
• His precision has been a through line this whole season.
  — Rachel Bernhard, Journal Sentinel, 19 June 2024
• But the through line across all of Evans’ work is cultural preservation.
  — Lyndsay C. Green, Detroit Free Press, 26 Feb. 2023
• The through line of the silver sparkly clusters added such a fun and exciting touch to the endlessly chic pieces.
  — Geraldine Viswanathan, ELLE, 15 Feb. 2023
• Really the through line for all of these people is what is the heart behind them and what motivates them.
  — Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 July 2023
• The only true through line is that each episode features the number nine and takes place in a single location.
  — Margaret Lyons, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2023
• What Save Venice seeks to retain, in a city where a through line of age and architecture reign, is the memory of what once was.
  — Hannah Selinger, Travel + Leisure, 7 Mar. 2023
• Still, the deeper through line is their decency, the instinct to forgive and go forward.
  — Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 1 July 2023
• Jewel-box shades of purple and pink are another through line.
  — Max Berlinger, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2023
• As the prominent faces around them came and went, a through line emerged for Tatum and Brown: Boston was good enough to make deep playoff runs but not great enough to win it all.
  — Ben Golliver, Washington Post, 18 June 2024
• The common through line for anybody that’s ever had success is not stopping.
  — Kyle Eustice, SPIN, 20 Mar. 2024
• But the most interesting character in the book is also its through line: the trial.
  — The New Yorker, 12 June 2024
• These weave a through line that’s a testimony to Kennedy Onassis’ resilience.
  — Staff, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 June 2024
• Here is how they’re sourced: Wild: There are bluefin tuna that are caught in the wild in a number of ways, from purse seine (a large netting), to trolling (luring through lines of bait) and harpoon gear.
  — Jean Trinh, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2023

Last Updated: 4 Sep 2024