How to Use symmetrical in a Sentence

symmetrical

adjective
  • The human body is symmetrical.
  • For the first time in the U.S., the shape of the wave is symmetrical, with the decline as steep as the rise.
    Heather Hollingsworth and Todd Richmond, Star Tribune, 25 Feb. 2021
  • But the two symmetrical cuts on the dead man’s back would not leave his thoughts.
    Lyudmila Ulitskaya, The New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2023
  • Grab your bestie and strike a symmetrical pose in front of the mirror.
    Abby Dupes, Seventeen, 12 Sep. 2022
  • The symmetrical white dots and shadows are the Robin Rigg wind farm.
    Lee Roop | Lroop@al.com, al, 15 Jan. 2020
  • One of the show’s highlights, the drawing is symmetrical, if not a Rorschach-style blot.
    Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2019
  • None produced symmetrical round orbs with the grace and ease of the Zeroll.
    Julie Giuffrida, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2023
  • This draws the eye away to the middle of your shower and creates a symmetrical look.
    Andrea Wurzburger, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Mar. 2024
  • The problem was the two sides were not supposed to be symmetrical.
    David L. Craddock, Ars Technica, 14 Sep. 2019
  • The company also put a big blank area on the bottom of the phone so the front would be symmetrical.
    Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 12 Jan. 2022
  • Marco looks like a movie star—he is tanned, with a firm jaw, thick dark hair, and a long, symmetrical face.
    Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 19 July 2021
  • In the case of Canary palms, the end result is a symmetrical bulge resembling a pineapple at the top of the crown.
    Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 25 May 2024
  • The units are not symmetrical, so action on the right side may be different than the left.
    Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 4 July 2024
  • The bezels are going to be symmetrical around the display.
    Ewan Spence, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2021
  • The holes aren’t symmetrical, as one has a pill shape, and the other is circular.
    Chris Smith, BGR, 29 Mar. 2022
  • The match was less straightforward and symmetrical than the score.
    New York Times, 4 June 2021
  • Also, look at how the CDO just became so much more symmetric!
    Jeff Berardelli, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2020
  • There are four layers of cells, two blocks on the sides and two in the center, so the battery is almost symmetrical.
    Ben Purvis, WIRED, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Upload speeds on this plan -- which are symmetrical -- will rise from two gbps to three gbps.
    Leon Stafford, ajc, 10 Nov. 2021
  • In France and other countries, however, the kiss is more common—not on the lips, but a symmetrical brush of the cheeks.
    Mathieu Avanzi, Quartz, 6 Nov. 2019
  • This is the crunch, thanks to the size of the non-symmetrical, slightly curved and twisted rectangular crisps.
    Carey Polis, Bon Appétit, 5 Apr. 2022
  • And instead of the angled Windows icon from Windows 10, the new Start icon is flat and symmetrical.
    Mark Hachman, PCWorld, 16 June 2021
  • My calves were 21 inches and because of that, my body was much more symmetrical.
    Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 10 Apr. 2022
  • There are no straight lines, nothing is symmetrical, and the lawns and bushes have not been watered and clipped to within an inch of their lives.
    Richard A. Marini, San Antonio Express-News, 11 Nov. 2021
  • On the wild side is conjecture that the symmetrical placement of the Carnac stones occurred as the result of an alien encounter of some kind.
    Washington Post, 21 Jan. 2022
  • Johnson anchored his own (symmetrical) cube, with its black steel girders and plate glass, to the earth.
    Willard Spiegelman, WSJ, 18 June 2021
  • The resulting device doesn’t have to be symmetrical and doesn’t have to become a tablet.
    Chris Smith, BGR, 16 Dec. 2021
  • The sleeveless dress was unique, with a high neckline and a symmetrical floral design going down the length of it.
    Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 1 July 2023
  • But the organs in our body are not bilaterally symmetrical: The heart is on the left side, and the liver is on the right, for example.
    R. Douglas Fields, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Sep. 2024
  • The minidress featured a black base with oversize white polka dots in a symmetrical design.
    Julia Teti, WWD, 3 Sep. 2024

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