Examples of trig in a Sentence
Adjective
to the office she wears trig two-piece suits that are fashionable but still businesslike
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Ryan Craig, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
If your trig is hazy, just remember that all trig functions tell us about the ratio of sides for right triangles.
—Rhett Allain, WIRED, 14 Mar. 2023
This video has more angles than your high school trig test.
—Jason Lamphier, EW.com, 16 July 2021
There are a lot of advantages to the Babylonian trig system, according to Wildberger.
—Annalee Newitz, Ars Technica, 25 Aug. 2017
According to the researchers, Plimpton 322 is a trig table, similar to the ones seen in every high school math textbook, except Plimpton 322 uses triangles instead of circles and angles.
—Avery Thompson, Popular Mechanics, 25 Aug. 2017
There are 13 students scheduled to take algebra II/trig honors and five for Spanish II honors.
—Chuck Fieldman, chicagotribune.com, 27 June 2017
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Noun
The key is to develop progressively harder multi-step problems that build the same muscles as algebra, trig, or calculus problem sets but in highly relevant contexts.
—Ryan Craig, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
If your trig is hazy, just remember that all trig functions tell us about the ratio of sides for right triangles.
—Rhett Allain, WIRED, 14 Mar. 2023
This video has more angles than your high school trig test.
—Jason Lamphier, EW.com, 16 July 2021
There are a lot of advantages to the Babylonian trig system, according to Wildberger.
—Annalee Newitz, Ars Technica, 25 Aug. 2017
According to the researchers, Plimpton 322 is a trig table, similar to the ones seen in every high school math textbook, except Plimpton 322 uses triangles instead of circles and angles.
—Avery Thompson, Popular Mechanics, 25 Aug. 2017
There are 13 students scheduled to take algebra II/trig honors and five for Spanish II honors.
—Chuck Fieldman, chicagotribune.com, 27 June 2017
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“Trig.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trig. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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