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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The sequel, from returning director David Frankel and screenwriter Aline Brosh McKenna, doesn’t find its own footing until it acknowledges that a Cinderella story about making it in journalism no longer fits.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026
Aline Brosh McKenna’s screenplay was wickedly clever, and David Frankel’s direction was appropriately becoming for a film about fashion publishing.
From Salon • Apr. 20, 2026
It features the same cast as the 2006 movie—the aforementioned Hathaway and Streep, plus co-stars Emily Blunt and Stanley Tucci—the same writer, Aline Brosh McKenna, and the same director, David Frankel.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026
"I work in retail," Aline tells us, "you barely scrape by."
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026
Aline of people sit in chairs in front of it.
From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth
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