How to Use diagonally in a Sentence

diagonally

adverb

• Next, from that very same point on your nose, slant the brush diagonally to the end of the eye.
  — Jenna Birch, SELF, 6 Apr. 2020
• Wilks' van came to a stop diagonally in front of the Smiths' car.
  — Sophie Carson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 24 Feb. 2020
• The screen on the front of the new Fold2 is 6.2 inches diagonally.
  — Rob Verger, Popular Science, 5 Aug. 2020
• The start of the brow should run parallel to the nose dimple and the arch should sit diagonally across the pupil from the nose.
  — Felicity Carter, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2021
• Raise your arms diagonally in front of your body to the upper right of your reach.
  — Dominique Fluker, Essence, 30 Jan. 2024
• Place the butter square diagonally in the center of the dough square.
  — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 11 Sep. 2020
• Form the lattice by placing the other half of the strips diagonally across the first strips.
  — Kristen Massad, Dallas News, 8 Oct. 2020
• Repeat this same technique, but reaching your foot diagonally back and to the left, and then back and to the right.
  — Adrienne Jordan, GQ, 28 May 2018
• The dancers sit diagonally, feet flat with knees bent, hunched over their legs.
  — Lauren Warnecke, chicagotribune.com, 21 Sep. 2019
• The Hummer’s front and rear wheels can steer at the same time at the same angle at low speeds, moving the truck diagonally.
  — Connor Hoffman, Car and Driver, 21 Oct. 2020
• The first person to get five across, up and down, or diagonally wins!
  — Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 13 Apr. 2022
• Likewise, the Nike logo and that of sponsors Rakuten are black, whilst inky stripes stretch diagonally across the front of the shirt.
  — SI.com, 14 Sep. 2019
• This is most obvious in the planks of the floor running diagonally across the foreground, and the desk and wood chair set counter to those lines.
  — John Wilmerding, WSJ, 28 Sep. 2018
• The grove takes up about half of the nascent park, filling the back left corner and stretching diagonally from the front left to the back right corner.
  — Ellen Garrison, sacbee, 27 Jan. 2018
• The answer was to make the spans longer, and go diagonally to the southwest instead of a shorter east-west line across I-5.
  — Mike Lindblom, The Seattle Times, 28 Jan. 2018
• Crossed Lunge and Plank Start in plank with left leg extended up and diagonally out to the left.
  — Health.com, 10 Apr. 2018
• The stringers, 3 of them, are marked out on 2-inch by 12-inch pressure treated boards, with the grain of the wood running diagonally for strength.
  — Timothy Dahl, Popular Mechanics, 4 Jan. 2018
• Place your box diagonally on top of the piece of fabric.
  — Washington Post, 21 Dec. 2021
• On Piece C, fold the outside corner edges of the top flaps diagonally toward the inside of the tent to help create the roof.
  — Ruth A. Musgrave, National Geographic, 5 Aug. 2020
• Then, whenever there is a lull in the movement of the crowd, that's your cue to move diagonally outwards, the CDC says.
  — Carolyn L. Todd, SELF, 8 Nov. 2021
• The car was parked diagonally in the apron of the Sunoco driveway entrance.
  — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 7 Oct. 2021
• Teller pushed him diagonally past the left hashmarks, and then past the numbers on the field.
  — Ashley Bastock, cleveland, 14 Sep. 2023
• Slice carrots diagonally ½ inch thick and add them to the pot.
  — The Good Housekeeping Test Kitchen, Good Housekeeping, 28 Aug. 2019
• Slice two pieces diagonally and place them on an oven-safe plate.
  — Kathryn Gregory, The Courier-Journal, 29 Apr. 2020
• Poles extend up diagonally from the base to provide a hanging hook for the hammock at each end of the stand.
  — Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 May 2022
• To give the button-down a trippy feel, the monogram was placed diagonally and blurred with the ikat technique.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 18 Apr. 2023
• Fleming was able to shoot diagonally into a wide open net to tie the score.
  — Kat Cornetta, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Mar. 2023
• The linear design—the way that the suit has lines that flow diagonally across the body—is very flattering.
  — Sara Bosworth, WSJ, 16 June 2021
• This is always measured diagonally from the top to the bottom corner.
  — Bestreviews, The Mercury News, 18 Sep. 2024
• Sinner, who was at the net after returning a Draper volley, needed to sprint diagonally across the court and back to the baseline to chase down Draper’s follow-up shot.
  — Jill Martin, CNN, 7 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 13 Dec 2024