Sentence examples for use of the line from inspiring English sources

Before I sign off, a brief response to last week's post on the City Room blog about how the opening scene of the "Mad Men" season premiere — in which bags of water were dropped from the Young & Rubicam offices on pickets in the street below — was closely based on a 1966 New York Times article, right down to the use of the line "They call us savages" by one of the demonstrators.

*I previously attributed the double use of the line to the famous song about the city, New York, New York: so good they named it twice!

They had joined hospitals and health care workers in challenging President Clinton's use of the line item veto to kill Medicaid benefits for New York.

Mr. Giuliani had joined hospitals and health care workers in the late 1990s in challenging Mr. Clinton's use of the line item veto to eliminate Medicaid benefits for New York.

The use of the line cutter reduces stress and potential injury to captured animals, is easily and inexpensively constructed, and has applications beyond its intended use, such as freeing lines snagged or entangled under vessels.

The way he correctly concludes that Sean isn't the killer just by seeing his face on TV is telling, and his use of the line "If our two hearts do beat as one, and I like to think that they do" (which must be borrowed from Frances herself or god knows where) is lovely writing.

She now uses top-of-the-line beauty products.

It uses top-of-the-line equipment and a smart design, which means treatment is both faster and more private.

He even reached back in time to criticize Reagan for his sparse use of the line-item veto as governor of California — which makes us wonder why he endorsed him in 1976.

President Clinton, making limited use of the line-item veto, reduced the appropriation to $483 million.

Fees for use of the lines reflect the authority's costs for buying Lilco transmission and distribution systems and assuming the remaining debt for the Shoreham plant.