aline
1 Americanverb (used with or without object)
noun
verb
Other Word Forms
- alinement noun
- aliner noun
- nonalined adjective
- self-alining adjective
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
Guide them by mind, aline them by courtesy; they will learn shame and grow good.
From The Sayings Of Confucius by Lyall, Leonard Arthur
I write aline only to tell you that my marriage is broken off.
From In the Year of Jubilee by Gissing, George
The Master said, Guide the people by law, aline them by punishment; they may shun crime, but they will want shame.
From The Sayings Of Confucius by Lyall, Leonard Arthur
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