Examples of diagonally in a Sentence
placed two strips of pimiento diagonally on each deviled egg
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The light passed through it and slashed diagonally across the hallway.
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Hannah Gold,
New Yorker,
17 June 2026
Her bixie cut was tied back with a navy and white-dotted bandana folded diagonally and wrapped around her crown.
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Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
7 June 2026
The hotel is on the corner of Mission Street, which slices diagonally through the city, and the Embarcadero, which hugs the waterfront from the Bay Bridge west to Fisherman’s Wharf.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
The Movingstyle has a larger 32-inch vertical alignment (VA) flat panel (measured diagonally) with a 4K UHD native resolution of 3,840 by 2,160 pixels.
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Tony Hoffman,
PC Magazine,
2 June 2026
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Hannah Gold,
New Yorker,
17 June 2026
Her bixie cut was tied back with a navy and white-dotted bandana folded diagonally and wrapped around her crown.
—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
7 June 2026
The hotel is on the corner of Mission Street, which slices diagonally through the city, and the Embarcadero, which hugs the waterfront from the Bay Bridge west to Fisherman’s Wharf.
—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
The Movingstyle has a larger 32-inch vertical alignment (VA) flat panel (measured diagonally) with a 4K UHD native resolution of 3,840 by 2,160 pixels.
—
Tony Hoffman,
PC Magazine,
2 June 2026
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“Diagonally.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/diagonally. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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