“I drew a trapezium on the chalkboard, showcasing its characteristic parallel sides and irregular shape.”

“Occasionally, a slip also passes to the fourth metacarpal or to the trapezium.”

“It comprises the carpal bones scaphoid, lunate, triquetral, trapezium, trapezoid, capitate and hamate.”

“The trapezoid-shaped table had a unique design with its four slanted sides and no parallel edges.”

“In the spinet, the strings run obliquely away from the player, producing a wing-shaped case, or a trapezoid case in smaller instruments.”

“The ossuary is not quite rectangular, like most burial boxes found so far, but trapezoid in shape.”

“The middle trapezius muscle fibers, although strong, lie very close to the axis of rotation of the scapula.”

“Arms too far back reduces stress on the posterior deltoids and involves the trapezius and back muscles.”

“The trapezius may send a fascicle to the sternum and to the deltoid muscle.”

“It is also relatively easy to make, as long as you don't get too fussed about perfect trapezoids of bread and the delicate art of construction.”

“Wood blinds, meanwhile, can fit a variety of applications, including quarter arches, full arches, angles, trapezoids, hexagons and triangles.”

“He arranges thin rectangles, squares, triangles and trapezoids in complex patterns on the wall.”