How to Use protractor in a Sentence

protractor

noun

• Sure, a protractor works, but a sextant does this even better.
  — Rhett Allain, WIRED, 3 May 2018
• Guns lay on the coffee table, beside a protractor and a jar of beet juice.
  — Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Aug. 2021
• Now hold the protractor upside down and aim the straight part towards the North Star.
  — Rhett Allain, WIRED, 3 May 2018
• The mark is shaped like a protractor every geometry student used to have.
  — Helaine Fendelman and Joe Rosson, Star Tribune, 18 May 2021
• The pieces will include sterling silver protractors, rulers, a drinking straw, a first aid kit, and a paper cup.
  — Stellene Volandes, Town & Country, 12 Sep. 2017
• Inside the fly’s head are protractor and retractor muscles, pulling and pushing at the base of the maxillae.
  — Popular Science, 20 Oct. 2020
• There have been sterling silver protractors, and tin cans, and even a greenhouse, as well as bone china to-go coffee cups in Tiffany blue.
  — Reed Krakoff, Town & Country, 27 Nov. 2018
• But come fall, anyone who’s ever bought a school supply—even a chintzy, plastic protractor—might feel a stirring of initiative in their sunburned loins.
  — Wsj Off Duty Editors, WSJ, 10 Sep. 2022
• The fixture's arm is clipped to some nearby object to anchor the protractor dial, which must be returned to zero after the initial torque is applied.
  — Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 21 May 2021
• His physical therapist could only measure his range of motion with a flat protractor, which could lead to serious errors.
  — Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 16 Oct. 2019
• But apologies, forgiveness, and reconciliation are not points on a protractor.
  — Amy Dickinson, oregonlive, 10 May 2022
• Key school supplies such as backpacks are tax-free, as are binders, calculators, compasses, composition books, pens, pencils, protractors, legal pads and more.
  — Anna M. Tinsley, star-telegram, 9 Aug. 2017
• Either get out your high school geometry book to calculate the angles based on the diagonal difference, or use a carpenter’s protractor to measure them.
  — James Dulley, Dallas News, 12 Jan. 2020
• Cropping and Noise Reduction The Crop tool includes straightening with an on-screen protractor for angle measurement.
  — Michael Muchmore, PC Magazine, 29 June 2026
• Sebastian bought most of her kids’ supplies — including coloring and craft supplies for her first grader, Bruno, and graph paper and a protractor for her fourth grader, Ophelia — at Target.
  — Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 28 July 2022
• But for many families, the tradition of trekking to a store and pushing a cart loaded with pencils, notebooks, folder, tissue boxes, a protractor and a first-day outfit remains intact, one of the last strongholds in a fast-changing retail industry.
  — Lauren Zumbach, chicagotribune.com, 27 July 2017