diagonally

Example Sentences

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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

Recall from grade school fraction math that you may cancel diagonally; the two “sales” disappear, as do the “assets.”

From Barron's • Dec. 26, 2025

In the images, several long, nearly parallel features run diagonally across the scene.

From Science Daily • Nov. 26, 2025

He explained how he coached his players to pass the ball diagonally instead of simply down the wing.

From BBC • Oct. 15, 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