random line
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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“He gave me a shout. We met at the top and decided to pop out-of-bounds. That zone was unfamiliar to me. I picked a random line and took off down the hill.”
From Seattle Times • Apr. 9, 2023
We were doting but erratic parents, full of hubris, always walking a random line.
From Salon • Jun. 26, 2012
"Be pale afar, since still to me you shine, And must while Nature's eldest law shall hold;"— Ah, there's the thought which makes his random line Dear as refinèd gold!
From Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume I. by Ingelow, Jean
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