How to Use parallelogram in a Sentence

parallelogram

noun

• Rectangles, squares, and rhombuses are all parallelograms.
• My door is a parallelogram, because of the slope, and so far it's worked fine.
  — Ryan D'agostino, Popular Mechanics, 6 Mar. 2021
• Vega and a small parallelogram of fainter stars to the lower right is all there is to Lyra.
  — Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 21 July 2019
• In this way, the four red corners of the parallelogram become a single point on the doughnut.
  — Kelsey Houston-Edwards, Scientific American, 21 Sep. 2022
• Here, now, the fertile parallelograms are found not framed by state roads but rather indoors.
  — John Walters, Newsweek, 20 Feb. 2014
• Lyra Vega is the brightest star in the tiny and parallelogram-shaped constellation of Lyra, the Harp.
  — Jamie Carter, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2021
• Until 2018 there was never a doubt that the boundaries, a jagged parallelogram over North Texas’ two largest counties, would hold steady.
  — Nic Garcia, Dallas News, 1 Mar. 2020
• The bedroom’s shape could be described as a parallelogram attached to a trapezoid.
  — Joan Walden, courant.com, 13 Apr. 2018
• Studies further indicate that parting one’s hair is a lost art; far too many men comb their hair in a style that resembles a parallelogram.
  — Joe Queenan, WSJ, 12 July 2018
• Instead of the standard 90-degree angles found in many houses, the building uses the parallelogram shape and features a single right angle in its design.
  — Megan Barber, Curbed, 3 Dec. 2018
• Vega and a small faint parallelogram below it are supposed to outline a celestial harp.
  — Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 4 Aug. 2019
• The terminal is shaped like an extruded parallelogram that seemingly floats above the service road.
  — Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 17 Jan. 2022
• About all there is to the constellation Lyra is the bright star Vega, which shines very high in the southeastern sky, with four dimmer stars forming a lopsided rectangle, or parallelogram, just to the lower left of Vega.
  — Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 18 Aug. 2019
• Viewed on a map of the development, the five-story structure looks something like a tilted parallelogram, a design that creates triangular units on the corners.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 22 Oct. 2021
• The pattern of creases forms a tessellation of parallelograms, and the whole structure collapses and unfolds in a single motion — providing an elegant way to fold a map.
  — Quanta Magazine, 31 Oct. 2017
• The original home was 1,800 square feet and designed as a parallelogram, incorporating angles throughout the home.
  — Abigail Rosenthal, Chron, 29 July 2021
• Mr. Diller eventually suggested that Pier 54 be replaced with an entirely new, 2.4-acre pier shaped like a parallelogram, with three performance venues amid trees.
  — Charles V. Bagli, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2016
• The tower would gradually widen at the northeast and southwest corners, transitioning from an efficient rectangle at the base to an expansive parallelogram at the top.
  — Ryan Ori, chicagotribune.com, 16 Oct. 2019
• At a new art exhibit at the Portland Children's Museum featuring monsters designed by children, one monster looks like a walking parallelogram with multiple eyes.
  — Amy Wang, OregonLive.com, 26 June 2017

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024