Examples of diagonally in a Sentence
placed two strips of pimiento diagonally on each deviled egg
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But pulling the unit back farther could yield a viewing rectangle that stretches 150 inches diagonally.
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New Atlas, 1 July 2025
The developer plans to build a new collector road, North San Marco Way, which would diagonally cross the development on the north side of Franklin Road between Black Cat and Ten Mile roads, but expects that this new road would not have been enough to generate the necessary visibility.
—Marcus Dorsey, Idaho Statesman, 20 Mar. 2025
The screen size is the most noticeable increase, 7.9 inches (measured diagonally), up from 6.2 inches.
—Sabrina Rojas Weiss, Parents, 26 June 2025
The Thunder had clinched the NBA title just minutes earlier at the Paycom Center, which sits diagonally across from the northeast corner of the park.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 23 June 2025
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New Atlas, 1 July 2025
The developer plans to build a new collector road, North San Marco Way, which would diagonally cross the development on the north side of Franklin Road between Black Cat and Ten Mile roads, but expects that this new road would not have been enough to generate the necessary visibility.
—Marcus Dorsey, Idaho Statesman, 20 Mar. 2025
The screen size is the most noticeable increase, 7.9 inches (measured diagonally), up from 6.2 inches.
—Sabrina Rojas Weiss, Parents, 26 June 2025
The Thunder had clinched the NBA title just minutes earlier at the Paycom Center, which sits diagonally across from the northeast corner of the park.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 23 June 2025
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“Diagonally.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/diagonally. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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