oblong

Example Sentences

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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

The smallest of its windowless chambers was an irregular oblong box which was commonly referred to as "the Coffin", and was believed to be Robert Burns' favoured seat in the Tavern.

From BBC • Nov. 30, 2024

Unlike table grapes, which tend to be oblong, muscadines are round, with particularly shiny flesh.

From Salon • Apr. 2, 2024

The light of the shaft fell directly on a table in the middle of the room: a single oblong block, about two feet high, upon which was laid a great slab of white stone.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien