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Example sentences for "continuous line"

  • The Hermies-Beaumetz-Morchies line had been dug through to make a continuous line.

  • A line was now organised, so that a continuous line of resistance was formed connecting the Cantaing Line on the left with the sunken roads.

  • For the first time in this sector a continuous line of defence was presented to the enemy.

  • The Hermies-Doignies-Louverval line had been dug through to make a continuous line.

  • We must unite these by a continuous line.

  • These points would be badly distributed on the curve; they would be crowded in certain regions, rare in others, so that it would be impossible to join them by a continuous line, and they would be unavailable for other applications.

  • We pass a continuous line, as regular as possible, between the points given by observation.

  • When abreast of Pine Mountain I noticed a rebel battery on its crest, with a continuous line of fresh rifle-trench about half-way down the hill.

  • McClernand took up the ground to his left and extended as far towards Warrenton as he could, keeping a continuous line.

  • We are now up and have a continuous line of troops, and in a few hours will be intrenched from the Appomattox below Petersburg to the river above.

  • A continuous line or surface; a continuous space of time; as, grassy stretches of land.

  • To form stitches in; especially, to sew in such a manner as to show on the surface a continuous line of stitches; as, to stitch a shirt bosom.

  • To sew, as a seam, by passing the needle through material in a continuous line, generally taking a series of stitches on the needle at the same time.

  • We were now in good shape behind the familiar barricades, and having a continuous line, excepting only the gap to be filled with Pennington, that covered Dinwiddie and the Boydton Road.

  • It was hoped that a final check might be administered to the enemy's attempts in this zone, but in rear of it a further defensive system, in this case a continuous line, was to be created as a Rear Zone.

  • The line in this part did not consist of a continuous line of trenches.

  • The isolated listening posts, like grouse-butts, which had formed the advanced positions in March were now joined into a continuous line of breastwork, connected with the Rue du Bois by numerous communication trenches.

  • Owing to the difficulty which some experience in drawing freehand a continuous line, the plot should be made twice the linear size of the intended reproduction.

  • When seen from the coast, the mountains of the Buckland chain appeared to form a continuous line, extending from N.

  • The possession of this village gave the Germans to the east of Sedan a continuous line, extending from the Meuse northward through La Moncelle and Daigny to Givonne, and almost to the Belgian frontier.

  • From the eastern boundary westward as far as the township of Elizabethtown, near the present site of Brockville, there was a continuous line of settlers.

  • Small tree-climbing animals are often caught by a plan based upon the inclination of an animal, seeing a continuous line, to go along it.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "continuous line" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    also employed; continuous current; continuous line; continuous series; continuous stream; damn good; going through; great dinner; hard bread; help people; intellectual culture; loved ones; mean that; mean time; merry heart; modern system; must endeavor; neutral position; public scandal; raise them; slight smile; under various; unlike the; unto whom; wedding present