How to Use rectangle in a Sentence

rectangle

noun

• Look how his tail is a flat, wet rectangle.
  — Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
• No squishy, too-fluffy rectangles here.
  — Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Feb. 2026
• The length of the rectangle should be slightly more than the width.
  — Beth Segal, cleveland, 17 Sep. 2020
• Around the edges of the blind leaked a rectangle of white daylight.
  — Sally Rooney, The New Yorker, 5 July 2021
• Dough scraps can be rerolled to get the amount of rectangles needed.
  — Terri Milligan, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 Feb. 2018
• Just a sky-blue rectangle with wisps of clouds against the cerulean beyond.
  — Julia Terruso, Philly.com, 2 Nov. 2017
• Cut each rectangle in half to make four 3 ½-by-9-inch strips.
  — Claire Perez, Sun-Sentinel.com, 20 Oct. 2017
• Spend more time on those and less on the sort of rectangle that can pull you into work.
  — Justin Pot, Wired, 19 Feb. 2022
• But don’t just go for a basic rectangle.
  — Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 15 Jan. 2026
• Police set up a rectangle of crime scene tape that took up most of the one-way street.
  — Christine Dempsey, courant.com, 30 Oct. 2019
• Brush a 1-inch border all around the rectangle with the egg glaze.
  — Sheryl Julian, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Dec. 2022
• Stack the three rectangles on top of one other and roll to 1-inch thick.
  — Country Living, 27 Feb. 2023
• Cut rectangles of felt the same width as your scarf and glue them to the scarf to create stripes.
  — Caylin Harris, Parents, 21 Dec. 2025
• If any part of the ball touches any part of that rectangle, the pitch will be ruled a strike.
  — Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 5 Apr. 2026
• Fold the left side of the rectangle over to meet the right side, then fold the right side over to meet the left.
  — Christine Rousselle, Fox News, 24 Nov. 2024
• Shape one half of the dough into a rectangle about the size of a sandwich.
  — Julia O'Malley, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Dec. 2021
• Point out the circle in the clock and the rectangle in the window.
  — David Sparrow, Parents, 10 Mar. 2026
• Cut the rectangle of dough into thirds.
  — Terrence Hayes, Southern Living, 19 May 2026
• The ball flew in, touching the top of the rectangle and turning it red.
  — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2026
• Press and roll the dough into a rectangle about the length of the baking sheet.
  — cleveland, 25 June 2020
• All our buildings are these hideous rectangles.
  — Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
• Dump the dough out onto the counter, shape it into a long rectangle.
  — Julia O'Malley, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Nov. 2022
• The rest of the time, the watch face was a black rectangle of nothingness.
  — Aaron Pressman, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2019
• Resist the urge to simply pave over a rectangle of grass.
  — Marisa Suzanne Martin, The Spruce, 21 May 2026
• Each page is gridded into four rectangles, like the frames of a film.
  — E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 17 Dec. 2025
• The plastic rectangle that makes up the base of your compass.
  — James Lynch, Popular Mechanics, 19 July 2019
• Each rectangle is a new frame, a new landscape, a new poem.
  — Emily Temple, Literary Hub, 11 Dec. 2025
• At this point, lay the sheet on a flat surface, and fold the rectangle into thirds.
  — Kelly Corbett, House Beautiful, 16 June 2020
• When one side of the grave collapsed slightly, the scoop evened out the rectangle.
  — Paige Williams, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
• Kids are still spending much of their classroom time hunched over a glass rectangle.
  — Abby McCloskey, Twin Cities, 5 Apr. 2026