hexagon

Example Sentences

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The scoreboard is a hexagon, just like the one at Dodger Stadium.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 18, 2025

The French sometimes refer to their country as “L’Hexagone” — the hexagon — because of its shape.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 8, 2024

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

Its wick emitted a gentle hiss and soft yellow light as a tiny petal of flame danced inside its glass hexagon.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young