aline
verb (used with or without object)
aline
1 American
[uh-lahyn]
/ əˈlaɪn /
verb (used with or without object)
alined,
alining
Aline
2
American
[uh-leen, al-een]
/ əˈlin, ˈæl in /
noun
aline
British
/ əˈlaɪn /
verb
Other Word Forms
Example Sentences
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McLaurin’s 39-yard catch, for instance, came on third and 9 and kept Washington’s first scoring drive aline.
From Washington Times • Nov. 21, 2021
Tumbleweeds should roll by in the foreground every time Rust utters aline like that.
From Time • Mar. 3, 2014
The author of this book used the spellings "aline," "gage," and "hight" for the conventional spellings "align," "gauge," and "height."
From Steam Turbines A Book of Instruction for the Adjustment and Operation of the Principal Types of this Class of Prime Movers by Collins, Hubert E. (Hubert Edwin)
Which, being interpreted, means this,— "Nature he reproduces, ranging fine From least to longest feathery plumes aline, Thus imitating birds, that on the air With balanced wings are poised in lightness there."
From My Life as an Author by Tupper, Martin Farquhar
I write aline only to tell you that my marriage is broken off.
From In the Year of Jubilee by Gissing, George
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