strike line in a sentence
Examples
- Shulock, a longtime Vero Beach resident, was one of the minor-league umpires who crossed the strike line of the major-league umpires in 1979 . He was one of eight who were retained following the strike and ostracized by their peers.
- For what it's worth-- and opinions vary greatly-- Lasorda has taken a group of skittish minor-leaguers who were willing to cross the union's strike line and turned it into a unified, confident, enthusiastic club that won 13 of its first 17 exhibition games.
- In the spring of 1941, Mortimer's refusal to follow the anti-strike line of the UAW's governing Executive Board during a highly controversial work stoppage at a California aircraft factory lead to his termination by the union and effectively brought an end to his career.
- A " strike line " is the intersection of a horizontal plane with the observed planar feature ( and therefore a horizontal line ), and the strike angle is the " bearing " of this line ( that is, relative to magnetic north ).
- Strike and dip symbols consist of a long " strike " line, which is perpendicular to the direction of greatest slope along the surface of the bed, and a shorter " dip " line on side of the strike line where the bed is going downwards.
- Treadwell, who has led Triple-A Albuquerque in strikeouts the past two years, said he hasn't thought about his chances to become the Opening Day starter April 3 against the Marlins at Joe Robbie Stadium, because he said he has not decided whether to cross a regular-season strike line.
- Tuesday, in a dark Italian suit with a red silk pocket handkerchief, showing Jordan's Armani side, Parkinson sat in a room full of Jordan look-alikes mouthing a scene in which Jordan, having left basketball for baseball, decides to respect the baseball strike : " I won't cross the strike line, Ron.
- SEIU, which represents clerical and maintenance workers, and the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1555, which represents station agents and train operators, walked off the job Sunday at 12 : 01 a . m . About 2, 600 workers are picketing, including 225 supervisors and train controllers from the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3993 who are honoring the strike line.