hexagon

Example Sentences

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The fighters will use 4-ounce gloves and will face off inside a hexagon cage.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2026

Yet for some species, the hexagon comes with a nasty catch: It isn't one-size-fits-all.

From Salon • Jul. 27, 2023

In 1975 he conjectured that the optimal packing of n circles is an arrangement in a triangular lattice that forms the shape of a hexagon that is as regular as possible.

From Scientific American • Jun. 6, 2023

It’s fascinating how bees know to make it in these symmetrical, hexagon shapes that are luminous and beautiful.

From New York Times • Oct. 21, 2022

I’m about to crawl into my cell when a body with long black hair sits up inside my hexagon.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera