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Meanings of broken line in English
Pattern made up of small corners at variable angles, tracing a path between two parallel lines.
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Usage of broken line in English
1
The broken line of discolored teeth showed suddenly under the lifted lip.
2
Her mere presence had breathed new life into our broken line.
3
The stags waited in a broken line, looking for certain girls.
4
Griswold saw no significance in the broken line of Margery's message.
5
The audacious suitors, charmed into rationality, fell back, and the broken line re-formed.
6
But the broken line of shade crept inward toward the flock, and passed it.
7
Who knows where the train will hit another broken line?
8
The orderly procession of the start became a broken line, and then a rout.
9
The retreat stretched more than a mile, a broken line of cowardice and confusion.
10
The solid black line refers to Adelie Land, the broken line to Cape Royds.
11
One corner notched an acute angle into the blue broken line of the Ringworld.
12
Near the zenith it was no more than a broken line of glowing blue-white.
13
Such a square, occurring at the end of a broken line means rescue, salvation.
14
Back of the lungs is the heart; its position is shown by the broken line.
15
He called for a sally, and rushed out, revolver in hand, upon the broken line.
16
Slightly roughish in texture, it gives an interesting broken line, which is at times desirable.
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Broken line through the time
Broken line across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common