perpendicular

Example Sentences

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The front door is easily visible from the road—but likely out of eye or camera sight from even the neighbors up the hill on perpendicular Cerrada Chica.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

On Wednesday in Minnesota, 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good was in her car, perpendicular to traffic, during an Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation in Minneapolis.

From Slate • Jan. 10, 2026

By contrast, transverse interactions are a recently discovered class of forces that act perpendicular to that central axis.

From Science Daily • Oct. 21, 2025

With a forkball that looked as if it was dropping perpendicular to the ground, he struck out the first two batters he faced.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 2, 2025

Ms. Teller says "perpendicular" and "hypotenuse" like her life depends on it.

From "Patina" by Jason Reynolds