How to Use right angle in a Sentence

right angle

noun

• Hold the nail at a right angle to the board.
• A square has four right angles.
• The two boards are joined at right angles to each other.
• My knees make a right angle with the chair and the floor.
  — Ashleigh Morley, Verywell Health, 7 Feb. 2023
• Bends’ in Pier The wings are not at right angles to the main pier.
  — sandiegouniontribune.com, 2 July 2018
• Then press it against the edge of the back wall, keeping the pieces at a right angle.
  — Bradley Ford, Popular Mechanics, 30 Nov. 2022
• Each board has two legs that fold out, so the boards sit at just the right angle.
  — Carly Totten, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Feb. 2022
• The back doors open to almost a right angle for easy step-in.
  — Mark Maynard, sandiegouniontribune.com, 11 May 2018
• The boards weren’t measured and cut to fit at nice, neat right angles.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 1 Feb. 2024
• This was just a rehearsal to make sure the cameras had the right angle.
  — Doug Ferguson, The Seattle Times, 16 July 2018
• But at the right angle, these flares can surge in brightness.
  — Andrew Fazekas, National Geographic, 25 Jan. 2017
• Nor did the musicians sit at right angles to the stage.
  — Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2019
• The young safety must take the right angle on a post pattern.
  — Jon Wilner, The Denver Post, 27 Aug. 2019
• Scrape back and forth over the crack with a sharp razor blade held at a right angle to the surface.
  — Washington Post, 31 May 2021
• When the triangle has a right angle, the square of the hypotenuse is always equal to the sum of the squares of the two shorter sides.
  — Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 2 June 2020
• There are some solid views of Test Track and, from the right angle, Spaceship Earth.
  — Dewayne Bevil, orlandosentinel.com, 15 Sep. 2021
• A full week after spring tides, the sun and moon find themselves at right angles.
  — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 25 July 2019
• Step forward with one foot, then bend your knees to form right angles.
  — Kristine Thomason, Men's Health, 20 June 2023
• To strengthen this, lace limber boughs through the poles at right angles.
  — Keith McCafferty, Field & Stream, 29 June 2023
• Lifting your chin helps a lot with getting the right angle.
  — Michelle Sulcov, Glamour, 30 Aug. 2018
• It is not rounded like S but not right angle like Note.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 22 Sep. 2021
• Load a tiny amount of paint onto the tips of the brush and dab it onto the brick at a right angle with a clean in-and-out motion.
  — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 23 Nov. 2022
• Damned state was laid out with a T-square, with turns that vary from a right angle to an even righter angle.
  — Steven Cole Smith, Car and Driver, 21 May 2021
• At each mark, drill into the back edge at a perfect right angle.
  — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 27 June 2022
• On one end, measure in 3 to 4 inches from the end of the wire and bend it down at a right angle—this will be your handle.
  — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 22 Apr. 2021
• That right angle is critical, the former Raven said, to being in the right spot to kick the ball straight each time.
  — Hallie Miller, baltimoresun.com, 10 Aug. 2021
• So just knowing my spots on defense, getting to the right angles and things like that.
  — Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, 15 Oct. 2019
• One man worked on getting just the right angle for a selfie with the screen livestreaming the marathon behind him.
  — oregonlive, 17 July 2022
• The Farnsworth House, unlike the Seagram Building, is just poetry in right angles.
  — Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 2 July 2024
• There are no right angles in the new terminal, and ample seating is available throughout.
  — Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Dec. 2023

Last Updated: 25 Oct 2024