bisect

Example Sentences

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“Somehow you got used to it — it all seemed normal,” said Mulholland, whose 58 years have been bisected by the Troubles and the post-Good Friday era.

From Los Angeles Times

But in Malika’s Bihar, a fertile agricultural expanse bisected by the Ganges River, the average woman will have three, according to India’s most recent National Family Health Survey, which was conducted between 2019 and 2021.

From Washington Post

On Thursday, the Henry E. Kinney Tunnel on Route 1, a major thoroughfare that carries traffic under the New River that bisects the city, remained closed after it filled with water.

From Washington Post

Perhaps the serpent’s undulating shape is just a visual echo of Krazy’s tail, which is as jagged as the cartoon lightning bolt that bisects the sky in “Krazy Storm.”

From Washington Post

Bluffton is bisected by the May River, which isn't a river at all, but more like a river-shaped bay, fed by the tides of the Atlantic.

From Salon