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Example sentences for "our line"

  • Tyler had come up from Fredericksburg, and had been halted on the road to the right of our line, near Kitching's brigade of Warren's corps.

  • At the same time Forrest got on our line of railroad between Jackson, Tennessee, and Columbus, Kentucky, doing much damage to it.

  • The plan was well conceived and the execution of it very well done indeed, up to the point of carrying a portion of our line.

  • But the promptness of General Sedgwick, who was personally present and commanded that part of our line, soon reformed it and restored order.

  • We resent all criticism which denies us anything that lies In our line of advance.

  • On Saturday morning we took up our line of march for New York.

  • The Hamburg road ran past the left of our line, between us and the Forty-first Illinois; while on the right was a small ravine, which ran into a little creek, and that into Snake Creek.

  • Making that break in our line, after four or five hours of as hard fighting as ever occurred on this continent, was the turning point of the day.

  • Then came Hurlbut; then a small force under Stuart, on the extreme left of our line.

  • About this time Devin's brigade (my Second) was ordered to the left of our line to cover and hold the valley pike.

  • In front of most of this part of our line, the ground rises towards the enemy trenches, so that one can see little to the front, but the slope up.

  • Our line on this slope covers the village of Hamel, which lies just behind the line, along the road and on the hill-slopes above it.

  • Our line turns to the southeast opposite Montauban, and curves in towards the ridge so as to run just outside Maricourt, along the border of a little wood to the east of the houses.

  • We continued our course in the constant expectation of finding some surprise or other in our line of route.

  • After two hours' march we caught sight of West Cape, at the entrance to the bay, in our line of route, and a little later we saw a black strip of sea far out on the horizon.

  • Our line of ascent, which we had chosen long ago and now had our eyes fixed upon as we went, would take us a trifle to the west of south, but so little that the digression was of no account.

  • Therefore beget upon them children worthy of our race and for the continuance of our line.

  • Therefore, O thou of mighty arms, at my command, raise offspring on them for the perpetuation of our line.

  • Moved up to Bisland, her "Parrott" became a valuable adjunct to our line of defense.

  • We found the right of our line held by a Mississippi regiment, the colonel of which told me that he had advanced just before and driven the enemy.

  • Advancing rapidly from the wood, our line poured in a fire and rushed forward with a shout.

  • Our line of battle fell back to the rifle-pits we occupied last night.

  • The remainder of our line of infantry fell back across the creek; but over one thousand men were taken prisoners.

  • Not being attacked, our line of march was resumed; but shortly afterwards, a rebel battery opened on our rear, directly from the town.

  • Morrison's brigade now held the line of defences from the Holston River--the extreme left of our line--to Fort Sanders.

  • Just at dusk, the enemy made a dash, and pressed our skirmishers back nearly to our line, but did not seem inclined to advance any further.

  • There was a lack of intrenching tools, and much remained to be done; but all day and all night the men continued their labors undisturbed; and, on the morning of the 18th, our line of works around the town presented a formidable appearance.

  • No information of importance was gained from these prisoners except that the enemy had sent them out to ascertain who the new troops occupying our line were.

  • The Germans had commenced another attack on our line, using the gas again.

  • But since they could not sight the widely deployed individual gunners in our line, their scouting was just as ineffective as our attempts were to shoot them down.

  • Hallwell had determined to withdraw our southern wing, pivoting it back to face the outflanking Han force on that side, which had already worked its way well down in back of our line.

  • Her report was likewise picked up by the Bosses of the various Gang units in our line, and we had called a council to discuss our plans by word of mouth.

  • After the division had been reorganized and reviewed, in the afternoon we took up our line of march to New Market.

  • Our line of pickets intercepts the Leesburg turnpike at Drainesville and extends to the Potomac, a distance of about twenty miles.

  • At about six o'clock on the morning of the sixteenth we took up our line of march, which was mostly along the railroad in the direction of Manassas.

  • Our line, just north of the town, was being pushed further forward.

  • I wandered on in the direction of our line.

  • I again got my camera into action and filmed, for the first time, the Somme river which was directly in our line of advance.

  • Some thought on the northern part of our line, others the centre; others, again, the south.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "our 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:
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