Texts were written from right to left, left to right, and even so that alternate lines read in opposite directions.

"Things can get confusing, with alternate lines of history," Sim squawked.

He saw one of the extension lights light up, punched an alternate outside line, and dialed a number.

He interrupted himself with an alternate line of reasoning.

Finally she read alternate lines or picked out words from every third line, but still understood nothing.

"Talker, have we got an alternate line to the First Lieutenant?"

A priest and the choir sang a verse of a hymn, each singing alternate lines in turn.

She canceled out every alternate line, beginning with the top one, and that should have given her the real kernel of the message.

I set up alternate lines of defense using twenty-four and twenty-two protectors, in case we didn't all make it through transition.

In collaborations, the other singer often says "talk this way" every alternate line of the chorus.