Things made with straight lines fit well together and save space.

The sides in this picture are made with black straight lines.

The human silhouette is made with lines, round heads and elongated necks.

Ms. Knowles's images are essentially made up of circles in a dialog with emphatically straight vertical lines.

His clothes were made with very sharp lines and careful cuts, creating basic but extremely elegant silhouettes in high quality and often high-tech fabrics.

This makes it easier to visualize the data, with horizontal lines rather than diagonal lines corresponding to fold changes.

But he made quite an impression with lines such as these:

The contained shape made with relatively straight lines is a foil to the curvilinearity and spontaneity that usually dominate his paintings.

He made them into cabaret songs, with stylized vocal lines and chromatic accompaniments.

Sailors and dockworkers made the Naxos fast with lines.