But I can't get my mind to think in linear patterns.

The levels are laid out in a linear pattern, but can be returned to at any time on the map menu.

Sweat broke out in a linear pattern on the nape of his neck.

Urban growth has a linear pattern along major thoroughfares in the city center and the national highway.

The back is brown with a linear pattern of dark, small spots.

Moreover, the board is made up of linear patterns instead of squares.

Some current trends reinforce this linear pattern, whereas others modify it.

Culture now is being communicated in a mosaic, not a linear pattern.

A linear pattern is followed until the staccato section in the bridge.

The village was extended in 1960/70's, but maintains its linear pattern.