Draw-the-line Sentence Examples

Many teens draw the line at any costume idea they see as uncool.

Right now I'm having difficulty deciding where you'd draw the line.

In the new world no southern barriers existed and it is more difficult to draw the line between contiguous sub-regions.

It is often difficult, if not impracticable, to draw the line between orthodox writers and heterodox; on which side, it might be asked, is Origen to be placed ?

An epiphytic fungus is not necessarily a parasite, however, as many saprophytes (moulds, &c.) germinate and develop a loose mycelium on living leaves, but only enter and destroy the tissues after the leaf has fallen; in some cases, however, these saprophytic epiphytes can do harm by intercepting light and air from the leaf (Fumago, &c.), and such cases make it difficult to draw the line between saprophytism and parasitism.

In this regard it is somewhat difficult to draw the line between that which is a rational and scientific method for preventing waste of good material and sophistication pure and simple.

It may be difficult in each case to draw the line between social duty and individual perfection.

But the same texts which draw the line between the two classes make it clear that there were no other guarantees to the maintenance of the rights of the superior rustics than the moral sense and the self-interest of their masters.

However, many scots would draw the line elsewhere - see maps above.

Roots are often flattened, twisted and otherwise distorted by mechanical obstacles; stems by excess of food in rich soils, the attacks of minute parasites, overgrowth by climbing plants, &c. Leaves are especially apt to vary, and although the formation of crests, pitchers, puckers, &c., must be put down to the results of abnormal development, it is often difficult to draw the line between teratological and merely varietal phenomena.

It must be borne in mind that the exact nutritive relations of the two constituents of the lichen have not been completely elucidated, and that it is very difficult to draw the line between symbiosis and parasitism.

Knowing exactly where to draw the line can be difficult in today's society, where danger seems to be lurking around every corner, can be confusing.

Start out slowly and draw the line as evenly as possible.

Instead, while keep your pinky "up", draw the line on the mid-to inner part of your eye.

When you think about the age we live in, you almost have to wonder where to draw the line between the real and the imagined.

How do you know when you're letting your dog go too far, and where do you draw the line?

Depending on where you draw the line and at what speed, that Tracy will follow and make different sounds.

Some parents feel that cartoon violence is acceptable, while others draw the line at shows depicting murder.

With mixed reviews among the experts, it's hard to draw the line as to where good for you ends and dangers begin.

It's a pain that I have to ask the voters for it, but I draw the line at the water fight.

If you don't draw the line at the wedding date, then when do you draw it?

He was probably wondering where to draw the line.

But as no popular discourse delivered from the pulpit could ever be exclusively expository and as on the other hand every sermon professing to be based on Scripture required to be more or less "exegetical" and "textual," it would obviously be sometimes very hard to draw the line of distinction between OycXla and Aoyos.