horizontally
Example Sentences
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Cavendish placed two lead balls at opposite ends of a wooden beam suspended horizontally from its center by a thin wire.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
A steel cradle, designed to hold your phone horizontally, has been placed on a fence post.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
"I felt the pressure from the engineers: the more horizontally the tunnel advanced, the more unstable it became," recounted Torres, who participated in the rescue of 33 miners in Chile in 2010.
From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026
There are several strike-slip faults where the two plates slide up against each other horizontally, sometimes snagging and building stress before violently rupturing and sometimes, as in Wednesday’s event, releasing another earthquake.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
The most powerful piece on a chessboard, the queen can move horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
