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Sentence Examples An overstrung piano has the bass strings running diagonally across the piano, crossing over the treble strings. They'd also left two gouges running diagonally across the cheekbone down to the jaw. Was the evidence that the applicant ran across the road diagonally at the bridge parapet and went over? She yelled back, tightly clutching the seatbelt running diagonally down her chest. As you near the stern, a large iron cleat or fairlead lies diagonally across the wreck, followed by a pair of bollards slightly to the port side. The size is due to a screen which measures a massive four inches diagonally. Hathorne feebly lifted one of the jade pieces and moved it diagonally to the edge of the board. Game pieces move horizontally and vertically, but not diagonally, making the game more challenging as paths become obstructed. Because of the newly discovered way of taking the thread diagonally, the textile fell pliantly. From it, two diagonally projecting arms at the front connect to side rails and support the rear of the engine. Split all four corners of each square by cutting diagonally from the tip of the corner to about halfway towards the centre. It's huge and I can sleep diagonally, lengthwise or widthwise in it, and not hang off the bed. An oversized text with a puce cover, Blast's title was emblazoned diagonally across the cover in three-inch tall, bold, black type. Taylor's set employs a ballet bar set diagonally upstage from down stage right. A railway line cuts the layout diagonally which means that there is scope for a metro rail link. Diagonal cutters have two cutting edges set diagonally from the joint or handle. To the right of that complex a rough street leads diagonally leftward from the centre of the picture out of sight. Some trees were standing diagonally, with their entangled roots exposed on the precipitous rocky cliffs. It's easiest to mount the retail heat sink by attaching the tabs in the diagonally opposed corners. The easel is set diagonally to the right of the stool, just as the artist has his easel in Allegory of Painting. Show More Sentences In a small frying pan, cook the spring onions cut diagonally in a mixture of butter and olive oil. I hate maneuvering around people with their carts parked diagonally across an aisle. The seats are folded down, and if I lie diagonally, I can almost stretch out fully. My bedspread and pillows were all dark green and had two black stripes going diagonally across them. Over the skin was a delicate tracery of black tattooing, marred by a badly healed wound that ran diagonally across the face. Spotlights move in a track that's mounted diagonally, following the angle of the stairs overhead. Push toward and diagonally across the sharp edge, maintaining the factory bevel. Each electrode had a diameter between 6 and 12 pm laterally and was beveled diagonally to facilitate insertion into the tissue. Therefore, with the muscles arranged diagonally, the skin can be stretched longitudinally and transversely without elongating them. Feather muscles are oriented diagonally to the longitudinal and transverse body axes. The second travelator connects well with the first and conveys you diagonally through to the upper floor and the big main gallery space. In Celebration, a narrow band of hot pink, blue and white, trimmed in red, diagonally traverses the glowing disk. Trotters work diagonally, that is, they'll lift a front leg and a back leg at the same time, but on opposite sides of the body. Moving on six articulated legs, the harvester advances forward and backward, sideways and diagonally. The single large figure sprawls diagonally across the canvas in dark, moody browns and blues. Push the grout diagonally across the tile with the float tilted at a 45-degree angle. After blow-drying the hair, Bailey diagonally zigzag-parted the front half into sections. She turned around and smiled at Keith who was, as usual, seated diagonally behind her. It starts in the upper right corner of a page and runs diagonally to the lower left. Using a sharp knife, I slice each one diagonally, from just below the handle to the opposite corner of the base. Show More Sentences Secure each additional board to the furring strips by nailing diagonally through the top edge of the tongue. He sped along Bellhouse Road and crossed a mini roundabout diagonally, to the alarm of many pedestrians and motorists. When I started staying in hotels I assumed that diagonally sliced toast was some kind of catering affectation. One of her dewclaws had slashed diagonally across my forehead, eyebrow, nose, and cheek. A bishop can only move diagonally, and thus, can only get into a space that is the same color as the square it started on. Nail a temporary brace diagonally across the unit to keep it square and stable. After some deliberation, he moved his queen diagonally across the board, capturing Adam's remaining knight. The fabric is quilted diagonally and is well suited to a barn jacket styling. Remove from the heat and allow to stand for 5 minutes, then cut diagonally into 5mm slices. Its orientation, however, was curious, running diagonally across the ditch extension towards a position off-centre of the mound. Bearded passages of vegetation cling to steep rock, and the strong Yangtze current spills diagonally along the bottom of the frame. American roads also frustrated the traveller seeking to move diagonally rather than according to the four cardinal points of the compass. As it did he found himself looking diagonally down rows of neatly hilled tomato plants. Mrs Rodgers, and her late husband Jimmy, lived in 41 Rodney Drive, diagonally across from the two houses where the police excavated ground floors and back gardens. In one of these alternate universes, I was run down at Southdale on Monday afternoon by two juvies hotrodding diagonally through the middle of a parking lot. Begin your powder turn and then instead of hitting your edges hard to carve a turn, stand up on two feet and let your skis slide or skid diagonally across the fall line. Ahead, unknown to him, the narrow walkway was about to end, slanting diagonally toward the road, funneling the man's steps toward the pavement, the hurtling cars. On calmer mornings, walking the beach and casting diagonally across the surf line can produce a mixed bag of trout, reds, jacks, snook and mackerel. The back of his apartment on West Eighty-ninth Street was diagonally across from the garden behind her parents' brownstone on West Eighty-eighth Street. In a spoutless container, the blade extends from the top lip horizontally inside the container for up to two inches, then diagonally down to the inside of the container. Show More Sentences After everything is nailed together, check the wall for squareness first by measuring across diagonally from one corner to the other, then measuring the opposite diagonal. Each unit of its negotiated geometry is based on two opposed stainless-steel cylinders drawn diagonally erect by two thick and equally opposed cables. The rural exodus left the central massifs of France deserted, and depopulated a band drawn diagonally across the country from the north-east to the south-west. Do it diagonally in both directions, to make diamond shapes. Their opponent stands diagonally opposite, ready to receive the ball. But corncockle, godetia, gypsophila, candytuft, bottle diagonally from top away from the handle, to create handy compost scoop. Meanwhile, halve the mangetouts diagonally and blanch them and the beans and peas in boiling salted water for two minutes. The first serve of the game is from the right half court to the half diagonally opposite. The basic pattern of limb action in quadrupedally running lizards is the trot, in which body support is maintained by diagonally opposite limbs. When they are on the water their body is rather low in the water with their tail pointing diagonally upwards. Cut the carrots into shreds, slice the spring onions diagonally, and segment the oranges. Thread rope through the lowest hole and the adjacent hole on the same side and cross diagonally to fix to the top of the pole using overhand knots. Schmidt also claims that cutting the flowers diagonally with a sharp knife under running water ensures that they can immediately take up fresh and clean water. In a fit of misplaced municipal energy, the local council is paving the desire path that countless walkers have beaten diagonally across my local park. Walk along the clear path going diagonally north west across the field and maintain this general line over four fields and through more kissing gates. They even were able to get Wrangler to custom-make two pairs of size-50 jeans for Sun, who slept diagonally across a queen-size bed in their home. Borderline cases include the type species, Kermia benhami, which is atypical in its protoconch possessing arcuate axial riblets, with only their bases diagonally cancellated. Examples from Classical Literature Carry the piece diagonally across the body and take the position of port arms. These branched off diagonally or at right angles, and were more or less deep and steep. The wand was so long that it went into her suitcase only by laying it in diagonally. The men were sitting just to the left of the doorway, diagonally across from him. But it is to be subjected to the plan of Haussmann, with great tree-girt avenues radiating diagonally from the Plaza Mayo. True to her prediction, the Texan drew up at the edge of a black ridge that cut diagonally into the treeless, soilless waste. The Highland railway bisects it diagonally from Dunkeld to the borders of inverness-shire. Cut the ends diagonally so that they will make a lap joint instead of a square one. The sword-belt was narrow, and was worn diagonally over the taces, and the general form of the sword remained unaltered. From there he beheld an overpowering force, advancing diagonally across the llano below. Old timberline started down into a caon as though to descend a gully diagonally to the bottom. The topgallant sail we cut in two diagonally, and thus treated it formed a tolerably serviceable leg-of-mutton sail. They were approaching the last quarter of the course, where the road from Monroeville crossed the trail diagonally. Cut the pimiento into thin strips, and place three or four strips diagonally across the cucumber, as shown in the illustration. The table decorations consisted of two ping-pong nets stretched diagonally across the table. The derelict's forehead is punched in, starred across, and rent diagonally. The thong was cut across, diagonally, almost as clean as though done by a knife. This alerts our left wideouts to sprint straight down the field and our right wideouts to sprint diagonally across the field to the left. The flooring, of diagonally set narrow boards, was uncarpeted and unpolished. But he hurried on, diagonally, across the big cavern-like hall. Show More Sentences She swung us diagonally away from both the camp and the brigand ship. We caught the fellow as he was diagonally crossing the street. The bays must then be diagonally measured as already explained. Across his chest, diagonally, was a garland of the same flowers. This mount of bright colours descended diagonally from the first floor to the carpet that covered the sidewalk. They were now advancing diagonally upon the chain of Wind River Mountains, which lay between them and Green River valley. A current, however, sets diagonally to the left of this rocky barrier, where there is a chasm forty-five yards in width. A few seconds later a hissing wave-top slashed diagonally across the boat, smote Uncle Salters between the shoulders, and drenched him from head to foot. But, on the other hand, they connect diagonally, and the sprawling outlines run off in great slanting waves of optic horror, like a lot of wallowing seaweeds in full chase. The wax-light flamed furiously under the effects of a fresh breeze which stole in through the chinks of the door and the window, and cut the salle diagonally. If slanted, the Nautilus, according to this inclination, and under the influence of the screw, either sinks diagonally or rises diagonally as it suits me. We had crossed diagonally the open space before the theatre, and began to descend a broad, sparely frequented street in the direction of one of the smaller bridges. Find more words! 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What is the opposite of diagonally? Words that rhyme with diagonally What is the adjective for diagonally? What is the noun for diagonally? Use our Sentence Generator Nearby Words Diagonal diagonal diagnostics diagnostician diagnostically diagnostical diagonals diagram diagramed diagraming diagrammatic diagrammatically 10-letter Words Starting With d di dia diag diago diagon diagona diagonal diagonall