dogleg

Example Sentences

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The sixth, now some 503 yards, has a slight dogleg to the right with fairway bunkers to the left and Allen's Creek running down the right, cutting across the fairway and then down the left.

From BBC • May 17, 2023

The dogleg from Burbank to Palmdale was never without advantages.

From New York Times • Oct. 9, 2022

We had more than one letter squeezed into a square; we had words that went over the boundaries of the puzzle; we had words dogleg into words below, above, right or left.

From Washington Post • Sep. 9, 2022

On the final restart with four laps left, the 27-year-old Briscoe started on the inside, dipped low on the dogleg apron, and was able to hold off the rest of the field.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 13, 2022

The Corona was out of the lane, he reported, somewhere south of buoy 56, and would have to dogleg to the northeast, bisecting Ship Channel Bank.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson