How to Use rectangle in a Sentence

rectangle

noun
  • Use a fork to press the tines all around the rectangle.
    Sheryl Julian, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Dec. 2022
  • Spread the rectangle with filling all the way to the edges.
    Julia O'Malley, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Nov. 2021
  • Roll out the lighter dough to a 12-by-18-inch rectangle.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 26 July 2022
  • Around the edges of the blind leaked a rectangle of white daylight.
    Sally Rooney, The New Yorker, 5 July 2021
  • Brush a 1-inch border all around the rectangle with the egg glaze.
    Sheryl Julian, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Dec. 2022
  • Adjust the size of the rectangle to fit the shelf or drawer.
    Marni Jameson, orlandosentinel.com, 13 Aug. 2021
  • The door opens and Aunt Ida is standing in a rectangle of light.
    Dick Feagler, cleveland, 25 Dec. 2020
  • Stack the three rectangles on top of one other and roll to 1-inch thick.
    Country Living, 27 Feb. 2023
  • Shape one half of the dough into a rectangle about the size of a sandwich.
    Julia O'Malley, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Dec. 2021
  • Starting at the top, fold the dough about two thirds of the way down the rectangle and fold it again, so the top edge meets the bottom edge.
    Jessica Battilana, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Oct. 2021
  • Spend more time on those and less on the sort of rectangle that can pull you into work.
    Justin Pot, Wired, 19 Feb. 2022
  • Then, fold in one side of the cardigan to create the shape of a rectangle, and fold in just the shoulder segment of the sleeve.
    Marissa Miller, Travel + Leisure, 16 Aug. 2023
  • The eraser is a rectangle, even though the pencil is round.
    Diana Budds, Curbed, 9 May 2022
  • In the Cybertruck the rear video view is displayed in a small rectangle in the truck’s center screen.
    Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 23 Feb. 2024
  • The house is a long rectangle, but has a room that is turned at 20 degrees from the rest of the house, adjacent to the garage.
    Kerri Westenberg, Star Tribune, 6 Nov. 2020
  • Dump the dough out onto the counter, shape it into a long rectangle.
    Julia O'Malley, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Nov. 2022
  • That includes the gear shifter being a long rectangle in the top left of the screen for drive, park and reverse.
    Michael Wayland, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2024
  • Fold the sides of the narrow rectangle in, to slightly overlap in the center.
    Maggie Burch, Southern Living, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Fold the dough in thirds, keeping the dough roughly a rectangle.
    Time, 12 Aug. 2021
  • Grasp the short side of the rectangle farther from you and fold it toward the midline of the dough slab, aligning the sides.
    The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 Apr. 2021
  • There’s no mound in this version of the game, just a rectangle marked off with chalk 50, not 60, feet from home plate.
    Robert Gauthierstaff Photographer, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2022
  • The jersey patch ads will be in a 3 inch by 3.5 inch rectangle and the location of them will be up to the team.
    Chris Cason, Forbes, 1 Sep. 2021
  • Place the thin strips on the top edge of the thicker rectangles to mimic the rim of a terra cotta pot.
    Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Oct. 2023
  • The female stepped inside the trap and pressed a broad paw on a rectangle of plywood.
    Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Apr. 2022
  • Fold the ends of the rectangle toward the center, one end on top of the other, to create a trifold.
    Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 25 Sep. 2023
  • Step 3With a floured rolling pin, roll dough to a roughly 12- by 8-inch rectangle.
    Country Living, 27 Feb. 2023
  • On a floured surface, shape the dough into a rectangle that’s a half-inch thick.
    Tim Neville, Outside Online, 8 July 2021
  • On the north side of Wilshire was a scrubby rectangle carved out of the field, bounded by three more long, low buildings to the north.
    Adam Tschorn, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2023
  • This time, fold the rectangle in half widthwise. Step 4: Roll the fitted sheet up.
    Heather Finn, Good Housekeeping, 31 Mar. 2021
  • The crowd spilled beyond a large rectangle of small black, red, green and white Palestinian flags staked in the sand to mark the venue for the vigil.
    Gene Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2024

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