How to Use diagonal in a Sentence

diagonal

1 of 2 adjective

• The blanket is covered with diagonal stripes.
• Slice the steak on the diagonal and place on top of the greens.
  — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 14 June 2022
• The stems of each piece had been chopped in the same diagonal lines.
  — Brian Howey, WIRED, 20 Oct. 2022
• Both were skintight and in a shade of cream white, with a diagonal cutout along the chest.
  — ELLE, 8 Apr. 2022
• With a sharp knife, score the fish skin on the diagonal three or four times on each side.
  — Daniel Holzman, Robb Report, 24 Feb. 2022
• Use a sharp knife to cut three deep (to the bone), diagonal slits on both sides of the fish.
  — Domenica Marchetti, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
• Drain sugar snap peas and cut in half on a diagonal.
  — Rebecca Firkser, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 May 2026
• Add all the color, and go for diagonal lines to add even more intrigue to the look.
  — Lindy Segal, Harper's BAZAAR, 23 May 2022
• Maybe put in a diagonal brace for the fence section nearest the gate.
  — Murr Brewster, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 June 2022
• The front house sits at a diagonal rather than flush to the street because the roads were built later.
  — Alysa Guffey, IndyStar, 26 Feb. 2026
• Pleated crimp Use kitchen shears to make small diagonal snips in the dough edge.
  — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 25 Oct. 2025
• Cut the sandwiches in half on the diagonal and serve hot.
  — Susan Selasky, Freep.com, 29 Nov. 2025
• Press through feet and lift hips up off the floor to create a long diagonal line from shoulders to hips to knees.
  — Sabrina Talbert, Women's Health, 4 Aug. 2023
• In the diagonal lines area next to a disabled parking space.
  — Sacbee.com, 27 Nov. 2025
• The diameter of the sphere is equal to the diagonal of the cube the piece would fill.
  — The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 15 Dec. 2023
• Plus, there is a diagonal corner elastic that can help keep it in place night after night.
  — Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 10 Apr. 2026
• As the dancers join her, briefly forming a circle that becomes a diagonal line, the sound picks up.
  — Catherine Tharin, BostonGlobe.com, 21 July 2023
• Emery had been irked, in particular, by a diagonal pass that went out of play for a throw-in.
  — James Pearce, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
• The first half of that section is done at a diagonal with my feet in the air and my head coming towards the book.
  — Clayton Davis, Variety, 19 Dec. 2025
• There were no diagonal support beams to strengthen the hull in key areas.
  — Frederick Dreier, Outside, 7 Oct. 2025
• Start with a diagonal French braid, and pull it into a low-side ponytail.
  — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 31 July 2023
• In rolling to the left, raise your right leg in a diagonal over your left leg while keeping the left leg stationary.
  — Milo F. Bryant, Men's Health, 14 June 2022
• Adjust the saw blade angle to match the diagonal line and cut the 1 x 4s .
  — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 22 Nov. 2022
• Think of a diagonal line moving from the corner of each jaw and meeting right below your chin.
  — Garrett Munce, Men's Health, 10 Nov. 2022
• And apart from a few smudgy red and blue lines behind the buildings, and some diagonal strokes in front that might be clouds, that’s it.
  — Will Heinrich, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2024
• Then push your feet into the ground and lift your pelvis up into a bridge, drawing a straight diagonal line from knees to chest.
  — Esther Smith, Outside Online, 9 Jan. 2022
• The symbol could be a plate with one water droplet or two plates with diagonal lines of water spraying down.
  — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 30 Oct. 2025
• The diagonal and curving lines of the plants and the single ray of starlight establish jazzy rhythms.
  — Washington Post, 10 Aug. 2022
• The diagonal line that runs from top-left to bottom-right indicates where this opens and closes.
  — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 5 Oct. 2022
• Keke Palmer's look only has a few cornrows, but the diagonal parts create a cool shape.
  — Omenaa Boakye, InStyle, 9 June 2026

diagonal

2 of 2 noun

• Cut the bread in half on the diagonal, then top with a few pieces of onion.
  — The Washington Post, NOLA.com, 28 Dec. 2017
• Make thin, wide slices across the grain, and at a slight diagonal.
  — Bryn Mooth, Cincinnati.com, 14 June 2018
• Gargiulo lived in a unit diagonal to hers across a pool on the second floor.
  — Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 21 June 2019
• This can be done by stretching a string across one diagonal and then the other.
  — James Dulley, Dallas News, 12 Jan. 2020
• Gargiulo lived there, too, in a unit diagonal to hers across a pool on the second floor.
  — Alene Tchekmedyian, latimes.com, 20 June 2019
• When a pilot makes that choice, that reduces use of the shorter diagonals.
  — Graydon Megan, chicagotribune.com, 21 Oct. 2019
• The dog is ahead and has stopped by the tree that bisects the diagonal; the girl with the bright red coat who seems to be paused behind him.
  — Literary Hub, 10 June 2026
• Using a sharp knife, crosshatch the flesh on the diagonal, making cuts about ½-inch deep and 1 inch apart.
  — Jessica Yadegaran, The Mercury News, 22 June 2019
• Yes, that Adolf, complete with the mini-mustache and the dark diagonal of hair.
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2019
• Throughout the year, the earth tilts on its axis at a diagonal away from or toward the sun, causing the change in seasons.
  — Madison Roberts, PEOPLE.com, 21 June 2019
• That approach inevitably leaves large gaps on the flanks, which the visitors looked to exploit with long diagonals.
  — Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025
• The other team must allow the ball to bounce once in the outer court diagonal to the server before hitting it back.
  — Bethany Ao, Philly.com, 12 July 2018
• The distribution of the five features discussed is shown on the below plot along the diagonals.
  — Jeff Kao and Jack Gillum, ProPublica, 25 June 2019
• Black paint rushes across the canvas in wide horizontal sweeps and two central diagonals.
  — Leah Ollman, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2019
• On the floodlit pitch a pheasant groomed itself beneath the sagging diagonals of the goalmouth netting.
  — Colin Barrett, Harper's magazine, 22 July 2019
• If the diagonals are not equal, this generally means the corners of the opening are not 90 degrees.
  — James Dulley, Dallas News, 12 Jan. 2020
• For a bolder statement, opt for larger 24-inch squares laid on the diagonal, making the space feel more expansive.
  — Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 22 Nov. 2025
• The mom rocked a form-fitting black dress that featured a plunging neckline with a sheer, diagonal cut bottom embellished with black feathers.
  — Georgia Slater, PEOPLE.com, 13 Aug. 2019
• Use a sharp pencil and a straight edge to mark the diagonals on the end grain on the upper part of these blocks (the end nearest the 15/16-inch hole).
  — James Schadewald, Popular Mechanics, 4 Aug. 2017
• It was changed to a blue diagonal script in 1979, similar to the one worn on the Royals home jersey at the time.
  — Cynthia Billhartz Gregorian, kansascity, 29 Mar. 2018
• Just as squares along diagonals on a chessboard have the same color, electrons positioned along 45-degree angles spin the same way.
  — Quanta Magazine, 30 Apr. 2014
• There was a lack of pace, a lack of movement, to the point that for long spells its only attacking idea appeared to be long diagonals hit wide left to Leroy Sane.
  — Jonathan Wilson, SI.com, 5 Apr. 2018
• Slice tenderloins crosswise on the diagonal.
  — Cathy Thomas, Oc Register, 18 Aug. 2025
• On your mental map of Wisconsin, draw a diagonal from the southwestern corner of the state through Green Bay.
  — Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 17 Oct. 2025
• By move 42, both of Alpha- Zero’s bishops control long open diagonals directed right at the king.
  — William Herkewitz, Popular Mechanics, 23 Feb. 2020
• Larger values for c²—if they’re chosen carefully—enable more whole-number diagonals and hence more unit-distance pairs.
  — ArsTechnica, 1 June 2026
• Soon, elaborate street plans, with parks, grids, and slashing diagonals resembling those of Versailles, would be traced over a terrain that still housed more bears than people.
  — Adam Davidson, The New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2017
• Some neat footwork by Luka Modric in midfield was followed up by a pinpoint diagonal ball to Marcelo's feet.
  — CNN, 1 May 2018
• In a few shots, snow or rain falls, for instance, on the same left-to-right diagonal, creating a distracting pattern that suggests the software wasn’t altered for each photograph.
  — Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2018
• Suddenly the entire band is racing with a high-speed shuffle step, dizzying the eye by going in two directions at once and changing speeds, and then forming eight long straight lines that re-form as diagonals.
  — Zack Arias, Smithsonian, 2 May 2017