How to Use horizontal in a Sentence

horizontal

adjective

• From the next screen, click on the three horizontal lines in the upper right.
  — Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 31 Jan. 2023
• Step 3 Open the sheet up, flip it over, and fold the top edge down along the horizontal black line near the center of the sheet.
  — Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 13 July 2023
• Some are tired; horizontal and face down on the ground.
  — Nick Remsen, Vogue, 21 Dec. 2022
• Click the three horizontal lines in the top right, then pick Settings.
  — David Nield, Popular Science, 1 June 2023
• Harder held the ball for a second, then slid a horizontal pass across the field.
  — Naaman Zhou, The New Yorker, 19 July 2023
• Tap the three horizontal lines in the top-right corner.
  — Toby Grey, BGR, 29 Aug. 2022
• The ceiling of the tunnel is lined with thin horizontal crevices in the concrete.
  — Jack Armstrong, The Arizona Republic, 17 Aug. 2024
• The pit’s built-ins and the house’s shiplap siding, for instance, share strong horizontal lines.
  — Kathryn O’Shea-Evans, WSJ, 9 Sep. 2022
• The weight of the fruit pulls the branch down into a more horizontal position.
  — oregonlive, 19 Nov. 2022
• Unlike most cots, this one doesn't have horizontal bars across the head and foot ends.
  — Matt Jancer, Wired, 12 June 2022
• But twice in each monthlong lunar orbit, the Moon crosses through the same horizontal plane as the Earth and the Sun.
  — Shannon Schmoll, USA TODAY, 3 May 2023
• Over near the guesthouse, a dead saguaro was lying horizontal on the ground.
  — Christine Smallwood, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2022
• On the walls are long, horizontal LED screens that react to the music with light, flashing and dimming in the dark room.
  — Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2023
• Tap on the menu button (three horizontal lines) in the top-right corner.
  — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 1 July 2022
• Video of the scene shows the utility pole lying horizontal across the bus roof.
  — Julianne McShane, NBC News, 27 Oct. 2022
• Pipe 2 horizontal lines running crosswise across the cake, 1 line about halfway down and 1 line about three-quarters of the way down the length of the cake.
  — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 24 Oct. 2023
• Click on the three horizontal lines to the left of the word Settings, then click on ‘Cookies and Site permissions’.
  — Ken Colburn, The Arizona Republic, 22 July 2024
• And fabrics stacked in bolts is an accounting, the horizontal folds like lines in a ledger.
  — Robert Sullivan, Vogue, 22 Mar. 2023
• Text removed from the June statement is in red with a horizontal line through the middle.
  — Alex Harring, CNBC, 31 July 2024
• The shifter, a uniquely sized horizontal fob, rests low behind the ride corner of the steering wheel.
  — James Raia, The Mercury News, 1 Sep. 2024
• And don’t use caulk to fill horizontal seams between boards that are used for siding.
  — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2023
• Hawaii The eight horizontal stripes on Hawaii's state flag represent the eight major islands that make up the state.
  — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2023
• Whether the ridges in your nails are vertical or horizontal can be a clue to what’s causing the ridging.
  — Kaitlyn Pirie, Good Housekeeping, 7 Sep. 2022
• The face sports horizontal grooves on the face—a signature of the Nautilus series—as well as a day date window at 3 o’clock and a 12-hour mono counter at 6.
  — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 25 Oct. 2023
• Hawaii state flag The eight horizontal stripes on Hawaii's state flag represent the eight major islands that make up the state.
  — Olivia Munson, The Courier-Journal, 5 Jan. 2024
• The front and rear seat cushions can be arranged to form two flat, almost horizontal beds.
  — Don Schroeder, Car and Driver, 29 May 2023
• The lightweight fleece hood blocks wind and snow; and one roomy horizontal zip pocket in the front is big enough to hold most phones save for the monster Androids.
  — Stephanie Pearson, Outside Online, 30 Aug. 2022
• There’s also a front horizontal lightbar in front just like that found on the pickup’s front end.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 17 May 2024
• Video from outside a building in Daytona Beach shows strong gusts blowing trees and traffic lights as rain appears to fall in horizontal sheets.
  — NBC News, 10 Oct. 2024
• Around her living room, miniature dioramas of crucial moments in Black American history took up much of the horizontal space.
  — Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Nov 2024