Examples of diagonally in a Sentence
placed two strips of pimiento diagonally on each deviled egg
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Place bread loaf diagonally (corner to corner) on a large baking sheet.
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Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 6 Nov. 2025
The 500-kilovolt line would skim a parking lot, cross through the woods and over a metal deer fence, before running diagonally across a field of Douglas firs and blue spruces and continuing as far as the eye could see.
—Bracey Harris, NBC news, 1 Nov. 2025
The table below shows her willingness to play long forward passes, either diagonally to wingers or more direct for runners in behind.
—Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 27 Oct. 2025
Shoeless Mack Hollins is dressed as a bishop for #Halloween moving diagonally as the piece does.
—Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 27 Oct. 2025
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Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 6 Nov. 2025
The 500-kilovolt line would skim a parking lot, cross through the woods and over a metal deer fence, before running diagonally across a field of Douglas firs and blue spruces and continuing as far as the eye could see.
—Bracey Harris, NBC news, 1 Nov. 2025
The table below shows her willingness to play long forward passes, either diagonally to wingers or more direct for runners in behind.
—Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 27 Oct. 2025
Shoeless Mack Hollins is dressed as a bishop for #Halloween moving diagonally as the piece does.
—Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 27 Oct. 2025
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“Diagonally.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/diagonally. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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