cardinal points

Example Sentences

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For each of the four cheers, the king turned in a different direction to represent the cardinal points of the compass.

From Seattle Times • May 6, 2023

The arrangement of forms would also allow visitors to enter the museum from any one of the cardinal points, making the museum more accessible.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 26, 2019

Twelve small speakers were now mounted at cardinal points around the wall—four at ear level, another four halfway up, and a third set close to the ceiling—along with two speakers in the grain chute.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 4, 2019

The West is a concept, not a location: the United States, Germany and Japan, for instance, can all be Western in crucial ways — cultures, currencies and cardinal points be damned.

From Washington Post • Jun. 15, 2017

Set down with geometric precision at the cardinal points were four monumental slabs of the same alien metal as the citadel.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor