line drive

noun

: a batted baseball hit in a nearly straight line usually not far above the ground

Examples of line drive in a Sentence

He hit a hard line drive to the shortstop.
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Tommy Pham, batting for the Pirates with one out, hit a line drive off the top of the wall in right field. Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 12 July 2025 One inning later, Cody Bellinger made a remarkable shoestring catch of Soto’s sinking line drive and then fired an absolute strike to first to double off Lindor. Tim Britton, New York Times, 7 July 2025 With the Yankees’ protecting their two-run lead and Francisco Lindor on first with nobody out, Juan Soto sliced a line drive Bellinger’s way in left. Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 7 July 2025 Soto smoked a 105-mph line drive to left field, but Bellinger made a running catch with his glove touching the grass. Peter Sblendorio, Hartford Courant, 6 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for line drive

Word History

First Known Use

1903, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of line drive was in 1903

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“Line drive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/line%20drive. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.

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line drive

noun
: a batted baseball hit not far above the ground in a nearly straight line

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