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Meanings of straight lines in English

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Usage of straight lines in English
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Is it going to be circles or swirls or straight lines today?
Radio NZ
2
All those straight lines-werethey suggesting an entirely different kind of map?
The Maze Runner
3
Brian had discovered that there are almost no straight lines in nature.
Brian's winter
4
Then he said, Organizing gods is like herding cats into straight lines.
American Gods
5
Unnaturally straight lines of lightning converged on a point beyond the walls.
Anvil Gate
6
Continue straight lines by sighting over two sticks in the well-known way.
Getting Gold: A Practical Treatise for Prospectors, Miners and S...
7
To the point, always to the point, he turns in straight lines.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 32, June, 1860 / A Magazine...
8
It was lancing in through the open door in perfectly straight lines.
The Watchmaker of Filigree Street
9
With the chalk he drew upon the floor two parallel straight lines.
Figures of Earth: A Comedy of Appearances
10
Row after row of tall corn stretched away in even, straight lines.
Abe Lincoln Gets His Chance
11
All of them connected on the world map by two straight lines.
Sign of the cross
12
As is well known, cannon shots do not go in straight lines.
Tom Swift and His Giant Cannon; Or, The Longest Shots on Record
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Even when I moved back I was doing so in straight lines.
The Guardian
14
For all the strides Spurs have made, Sissoko runs in straight lines.
The Guardian
15
A figure, or two straight lines which start at the same point.
Aeroplanes
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She is toying with a placemat, combing its tassels into straight lines.
Those who save us
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Straight lines through the time
Straight lines across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common