parallel to
Example Sentences
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Instead of keeping his hands at shoulder-level with his bat parallel to the ground, he holds his hands at his chest and his bat pointing upward.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
"We are saying that the mantle flow is not driving the east-west, rift-perpendicular direction of some of the deformations, but that it may be causing the anomalous northward deformation parallel to the rift," Rajaonarison said.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 1, 2026
The grounding equipment was necessary because the idle Mesa-Sylmar line ran parallel to 12 energized high-voltage lines, creating the danger of induction.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
Miyazaki’s tales also tend to immerse us in supernatural domains existing parallel to our own, as if reality masks more ethereal, life-affirming realms.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026
I slid over this wall and began running along it, parallel to the road.
From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
