How to Use triangular in a Sentence

triangular

adjective
  • There’s a roundish globe, a more triangular bulb, and an oval shape.
    WIRED, 5 Sep. 2022
  • The triangular red flag is the most popular, followed by the US flag and the rainbow flag.
    Anne Quito, Quartz, 31 Mar. 2022
  • One is triangular, one is half-moon, some are floor to ceiling and some are framed by gables.
    Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 4 May 2022
  • Harmon wore a black and white checkered (of course) one-piece with a triangular cutout and black belt.
    Andrea Wurzburger, Peoplemag, 14 Nov. 2022
  • The two-piece featured little triangular cutouts all over, and ties on the top and bottom.
    Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 5 Sep. 2023
  • By the time someone heard his screams and shut off the power, his arm was limp, a deep triangular gash running down the length of it.
    Hannah Dreier Meridith Kohut, New York Times, 18 Sep. 2023
  • The triangular pattern extends from the left side of Momoa's head around his ear and down his neck.
    Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 28 Apr. 2023
  • Guests enter the triangular dwellings via a stairway to the entrance.
    Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 22 Aug. 2023
  • The rice press creates an oval onigiri shape with triangular ears, like a cat.
    Irina Groushevaia, Bon Appétit, 19 Jan. 2022
  • Arrowhead vine gets its name from the triangular shape of its green leaves.
    Savanna Bous, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Jan. 2023
  • To help absorb shock as the horse walks, trots, or gallops, a triangular and highly elastic hoof-part called a frog sits on the sole of the hoof.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 21 June 2023
  • It is then baked in a round copper dish and sliced into triangular pieces.
    Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 June 2023
  • The triangular ladder shelf has a solid wood frame with five tiers.
    Clara McMahon, Peoplemag, 31 Mar. 2024
  • The spider rests on a 200-inch triangular spider web, which can be draped off of your house, over bushes, or on a tree.
    Nicol Natale, Peoplemag, 29 Sep. 2022
  • In the 1950s, when opening a beer, drinkers punctured a triangular hole in either side of the top of the can—one hole for drinking, the other for airflow.
    Leo Deluca, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 July 2023
  • Position the two pieces at the front to create a triangular frame, with the roof base serving as the bottom of the triangle.
    Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Aug. 2023
  • The living room is triangular, as is the walk-in closet in the primary suite, and the kitchen is a unique six-sided space that’s open to the dining area.
    Mark David, Robb Report, 15 Jan. 2024
  • The biggest change is in the back, where the rear cabin has been removed and reinforced with triangular bed bars.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 14 Nov. 2022
  • One soldier presses the triangular folded flag to his chest, faces the family, hands them the flag and salutes.
    Fox News, 17 Jan. 2023
  • Point Hope, with a population of about 675, sits on a triangular spit of land that juts into the Chukchi Sea.
    Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 27 Feb. 2024
  • The handsfree carryall is sleek, cool, and pays homage to the house’s iconic triangular logo.
    Rachel Besser, Vogue, 18 Jan. 2022
  • The leaves send up a flowering stem and become more triangular and heart-shaped with toothed edges.
    Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 4 June 2022
  • The glove has a dot design in a triangular pattern near the fingers and diagonal lines near the top.
    Carol Kovach, cleveland, 26 July 2022
  • Once in the water, the canoe will have a triangular sail — a sight first seen and praised by Spanish explorers who reached Guam in 1521.
    Damien Cave, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Her band dresses as monks in long, brown robes and move in a triangular formation behind the singer.
    Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2023
  • The easily distracted can even stash their phone within the triangular crevice to keep it out of sight, out of mind.
    Deanna Pai, Glamour, 20 Oct. 2023
  • It’s usually served in a square or triangular slice, but Zaytinya’s is shaped like an egg roll and pan fried.
    Marcela Valdes. Photographs and Videos By Peden + Munk, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2024
  • The leaves are generally triangular with deep teeth around the edges.
    Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 16 Apr. 2023
  • To help visualize the scale of the two-piece set Sarah placed three tortilla chips over each triangular piece of fabric on the top and bottom.
    Zizi Strater, Peoplemag, 1 Feb. 2023
  • The image combines a pinwheel fashioned out of sharp, triangular wedges and square blocks that seem to push forward and back in the picture plane.
    Steven Litt, cleveland, 2 Feb. 2022

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