Examples of diagonally in a Sentence
placed two strips of pimiento diagonally on each deviled egg
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The slim plot, a leftover from when the Avenue of the Americas cut diagonally through the grid in the 1920s, was for many decades home to a gas station and carwash.
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Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 29 Sep. 2025
This one, too, is tricked out with tech for rotating 360 degrees on the spot and crab walking diagonally, all thanks to the proprietary e4 Platform (quad-motor independent torque vectoring) and the DiSus-P intelligent hydraulic body control system.
—New Atlas, 19 Sep. 2025
The external obliques run diagonally from your lower ribs down toward your opposite hip, while the internal obliques sit underneath with fibers running diagonally upward from your pelvis toward your ribs.
—Dana Santas, CNN Money, 17 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, on the opposite side, Eze attacks the space vertically — rather than diagonally behind the centre-backs — to be in Pedro Porro’s blindside as Munoz is carrying the ball forward.
—Ahmed Walid, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
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Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 29 Sep. 2025
This one, too, is tricked out with tech for rotating 360 degrees on the spot and crab walking diagonally, all thanks to the proprietary e4 Platform (quad-motor independent torque vectoring) and the DiSus-P intelligent hydraulic body control system.
—New Atlas, 19 Sep. 2025
The external obliques run diagonally from your lower ribs down toward your opposite hip, while the internal obliques sit underneath with fibers running diagonally upward from your pelvis toward your ribs.
—Dana Santas, CNN Money, 17 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, on the opposite side, Eze attacks the space vertically — rather than diagonally behind the centre-backs — to be in Pedro Porro’s blindside as Munoz is carrying the ball forward.
—Ahmed Walid, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for diagonally
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“Diagonally.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/diagonally. Accessed 4 Oct. 2025.
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