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
• Next comes the horizontal cut, which drops out the wedge of wood.
  — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 11 Nov. 2021
• 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
• The wider the horizontal line, the bigger the error bar.
  — Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 9 Apr. 2022
• 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
• Louisville wore new black uniforms with thick white horizontal stripes down the side, a fresh look with a nod to the past.
  — Brett Dawson, The Courier-Journal, 19 Feb. 2022
• 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.
  — Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2022
• 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
• For most of the first half, Ben worked on the Steelers' horizontal passing game.
  — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 26 Sep. 2021
• 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
• While in the Authenticator section of the app, tap the three horizontal lines in the top left corner of the screen to open a menu.
  — PCMAG, 22 Oct. 2024
• And fabrics stacked in bolts is an accounting, the horizontal folds like lines in a ledger.
  — Robert Sullivan, Vogue, 22 Mar. 2023
• The vertical parts were baby blue and the horizontal parts, which were the shelves, were a bright orange.
  — Joanne Kempinger Demski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 21 Jan. 2022
• Text removed from the June statement is in red with a horizontal line through the middle.
  — Alex Harring, CNBC, 31 July 2024
• Any time two segments cross paths, draw the vertical one in front of the horizontal one.
  — Quanta Magazine, 26 Nov. 2024
• The camera flips out on the side of the camera, and the tablet can be horizontal or vertical, allowing the camera to be to the side or above the tablet.
  — Patrick Moorhead, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2021
• Seen in recent years on the engagement rings of stars like Lily Collins and Kate Hudson, horizontal settings like east-west mark a strikingly modern choice that allows more light to enter the stone, increasing radiance.
  — Kate Matthams, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
• The Golden Globe nominee wore a strapless silver metallic gown with horizontal paneling across her bodice and the entirety of the dress — including her voluminous skirt.
  — Charna Flam, People.com, 4 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 3 Feb 2025