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Examples of oval in a Sentence
Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 31 Mar. 2024
Step 4: For some, a bipartisan examination Sometimes, voters don't completely fill out the ovals on their ballot or create stray marks on the paper.
—Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 14 Mar. 2024
Upstairs, a plush master retreat is outfitted with a fireplace, private balcony and not one but two showroom-style closets, as well as a spa-like bath equipped with dual vanities, an oval soaking tub resting amid a marble platform and roomy two-person shower.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 11 Mar. 2024
The black ovals depict the Moon’s shadow at five-minute intervals.
—Michael Zeiler, Discover Magazine, 23 Feb. 2024
Its oval shape features nine spots to add the bite-sized appetizers.
—Bridget Degnan, Southern Living, 22 Mar. 2024
The oval membrane provides strings of multiple lengths on the same structure with its narrow and wide sections.
—IEEE Spectrum, 17 Mar. 2024
An oval platter of slices of breast, ermine-white and gently savory, are dressed in a rainbow mess of sweet peppers, with spiky leaves of rapini.
—Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2024
The ovals along the path show the Moon’s shadow at five-minute intervals.
—Michael Zeiler, Discover Magazine, 23 Feb. 2024
Benjamin C Tankersley, Washington Post, 1 Feb. 2023
This simple opener works well on circular cans but may not be effective on dented, square, or oval cans.
—Maya Polton, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Jan. 2023
The series' oval finale at WWT Raceway will see an opposite switch – from 6 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., stealing away the series' only evening race a year ago.
—Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 27 Jan. 2023
They're designed with oval and round faces in mind, and for those with a higher nose bridge.
—Gaby Keiderling, Harper's BAZAAR, 27 Jan. 2023
Today inside Paris’s Palais Brongniart, guests including Kerry Washington, Milly Alcock, and Rita Ora filed into a futuristic oval room for Fendi’s spring 2023 couture show.
—Arden Fanning Andrews, Vogue, 26 Jan. 2023
In the dining room, the family’s original China collection — complete and fully intact — is set on a long, oval table.
—Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 26 Jan. 2023
Hailey also wore her signature oval sunglasses and carried a pillowy cream shoulder bag.
—Hannah Oh, Seventeen, 24 Jan. 2023
Bedbugs have flattened, wingless oval bodies and are red-brown in color.
—Jen Murphy, Outside Online, 16 Jan. 2023
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“Oval.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oval. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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1 of 2 nounoval
2 of 2 adjectiveAdjective
from Latin ovalis (adjective) "having the shape of an egg," derived from earlier ovum "egg"
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