semicircle

Example Sentences

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For instance, traveling from the North Pole to the South Pole along Earth's surface follows a semicircle, which represents the shortest possible route on a sphere.

From Science Daily • Mar. 9, 2026

When you put it on you see before you four empty wooden chairs ranged in a semicircle.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

Doors opened and shut, and people began to emerge, gathering into a semicircle.

From Slate • Oct. 27, 2025

Rivas hit “record” on her phone as a semicircle of trucks and vans came into view.

From Salon • Oct. 24, 2025

A semicircle of little boys, their bodies streaked with colored clay, sharp sticks in their hands, were standing on the beach making no noise at all.

From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding