Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for cornerways
Adverb
  • The muscle fibers of the external obliques run diagonally downward (from your ribs down toward your pelvis).
    Jakob Roze, Health, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Several utility lines must be relocated, a large storm drain bisects the site diagonally and multiple sections of street must be eliminated on 13th Street, Commercial Street and National Avenue.
    David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • At an altitude of 625 kilometers, an 18-meter reflector — even if optimally curved to focus that light down onto the Earth’s surface — would create a spot of light just-under 6 km across on Earth’s surface.
    Big Think, Big Think, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Blooms reach five inches across and appear in flaming red, pink, yellow, orange, and in all possible versions and mixtures of these colors.
    Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 11 Oct. 2025
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“Cornerways.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cornerways. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.

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