diagonally
Example Sentences
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In Spain, where the total eclipse will be best viewed, the shadow will cross the country diagonally from the northern Atlantic coast to the Mediterranean Sea, where it will vanish at around 1830 GMT.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
Needing to be unfurled twice, like a travel brochure, the smartphone packs a display measuring 10 inches diagonally when fully opened—almost as big as a standard tablet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026
In the images, several long, nearly parallel features run diagonally across the scene.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 26, 2025
The large, angled handkerchief is a subtle formal echo of the drapery opening diagonally above Mariana’s head.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2024
Sometimes she carried him in a scarf tied diagonally across one shoulder and her back, his lifeless feet dangling in the air.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
