Instead of lines for flu shots, a not uncommon sight at stores in some recent years, people are seeing "no appointment necessary" signs this fall.

On multiway games, players play the entire position of each reel instead of fixed lines or patterns.

Instead of rigid, straight lines, the garden took a more natural, curved path.

So he decided to make it a grand opera in the French style, with dramatic recitatives instead of spoken lines.

On several occasions he used classic be-bop figures, though in quotes, as if they were melodies instead of lines.

The different areas of the no-line tennis court are defined by colors instead of white lines.

Moreover, many consumers are now using cellphones instead of second lines.

The toy car operated in circles instead of straight lines, and operators could cause them to collide with one another.

The chest can show various specks instead of the typical bands and lines.

In the 12th century, the Naskh alphabet was invented, which instead of angled lines used curves.