oblong

Example Sentences

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At the back of the crown is the oblong 104-carat Stuart sapphire.

From Los Angeles Times

Round and oblong tables will be decorated by towering 6-foot-tall arrangements of flower cherry blossom branches, along with pink orchids and peonies.

From Seattle Times

From an oblong microscopic blob of larva with nothing more than a stomach, esophagus and mouth floating around in canning jars, the baby stars grow sticky “landing pads” for their eventual descent to the bottom.

From Seattle Times

He and a friend had been looking at the sky from a suitably dark spot — a Christmas tree farm in Rixeyville, Va. — when they’d spotted the oblong light.

From Washington Post

That gives the circulating air a more oblong, extended shape and encourages bursts of Arctic air to spread southward.

From Washington Post