In sports and games, foul line can refer to
- baseball's foul line
- basketball's free throw line
- table shuffleboard's foul line
- ten-pin bowling's foul line
- the similar line in candlepin bowling
- the foul line for the long jump
Famous quotes containing the words foul and/or line:
“By the roadside a hideous carrion, quivering
On a clean bed of pebbly clay,
Her legs flexed in the air like a courtesan,
Burning and sweating venomously,
Calmly exposed its belly, ironic and wan,
Clamorous with foul ecstasy.”
—Allen Tate (1899–1979)
“Men are not to be told anything they might find too painful; the secret depths of human nature, the sordid physicalities, might overwhelm or damage them. For instance, men often faint at the sight of their own blood, to which they are not accustomed. For this reason you should never stand behind one in the line at the Red Cross donor clinic.”
—Margaret Atwood (b. 1939)