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placed two strips of pimiento diagonally on each deviled egg
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If your home is very wide and has only a few inlets, open windows located diagonally to each other have the longest possible straight path for air flow, thereby increasing the potential of air circulation across the whole room.
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Aksha Mittapalli, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 May 2025
Yamal has now scored pretty much the same goal in three consecutive games — the 17-year-old dribbles diagonally through the opposing defence, positions himself in front of the target and fires a shot into the top corner.
—Laia Cervelló Herrero, New York Times, 19 May 2025
The long glass tubes, which protrude diagonally from an empty vase, can harbor the last-surviving stem from a bouquet — or be employed in busier arrangements.
—Miles Socha, Footwear News, 17 May 2025
Once outside, Paisley made a beeline for the neighbors, who live diagonally across the street.
—Jordan Greene, People.com, 15 May 2025
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Aksha Mittapalli, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 May 2025
Yamal has now scored pretty much the same goal in three consecutive games — the 17-year-old dribbles diagonally through the opposing defence, positions himself in front of the target and fires a shot into the top corner.
—Laia Cervelló Herrero, New York Times, 19 May 2025
The long glass tubes, which protrude diagonally from an empty vase, can harbor the last-surviving stem from a bouquet — or be employed in busier arrangements.
—Miles Socha, Footwear News, 17 May 2025
Once outside, Paisley made a beeline for the neighbors, who live diagonally across the street.
—Jordan Greene, People.com, 15 May 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 25 May. 2025.
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