diagonally
Example Sentences
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Ecuador created good chances against Ivory Coast's 4-4-2 by attacking diagonally from in-to-out - movement of a player from the central areas into wide areas.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 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
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
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
