oblong

Nothing about Kansei Matsuzawa’s upbringing in Japan had prepared him to kick an oblong ball through upright goalposts in Hawaii.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 19, 2025

Built on an oblong lot overlooking Studio City, the four-bedroom home was conceived by Soriano as an all-aluminium structure for Albert Grossman, an aluminium manufacturer and contractor.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2025

There’s something rather whimsical about eating the oblong fruit.

From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2025

The most famous visual landmark associated with Singapore is probably the Marina Bay Sands, with Moshe Safdie’s oblong, swimmable rooftop straddling three buildings.

From Slate ● Mar. 28, 2025

It’s a pocket mirror, the small plain oblong kind without any rim.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

The logo is different, but still evokes the golden arches: a circle and two yellow oblongs — representing a beef patty and french fries — configured into a stylized M.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 12, 2022

Most of Engida’s canvases are crowded with women in domestic scenes, their faces rendered in simple black lines, except for the bright red oblongs that often represent lips.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 14, 2020

“My sense of proportion tells me that oblongs are more attractive than squares, just as…a greyhound is more graceful than an English bulldog,” Mr. Earl wrote in a 1954 essay in the Saturday Evening Post.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2018

Each key came in a safe-deposit box envelope, those small, stiff oblongs that close with a reassuring snap.

From New York Times ● May 10, 2013

The gravestones are few and recent: blockish oblongs of granite polished to a Presbyterian gloss, the letters cut plainly and without any attempt at prettiness.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood