How to Use bisect in a Sentence

bisect

verb

• Draw a line that bisects the angle.
• The city is bisected by the highway.
• The new plant is on the east side of the railroad tracks that bisect the property from north to south.
  — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Sep. 2022
• The ridge bisects two steep, icy cliffs — the Willis and the Liberty walls — on the mountain’s north side.
  — Asia Fields, The Seattle Times, 6 June 2019
• Santee is home to about 3.5 miles of the 52-mile San Diego River, which bisects the city.
  — Karen Pearlman, sandiegouniontribune.com, 4 Mar. 2018
• Tom Rivera grew up two blocks away in a barrio on the south side of the railroad tracks that bisect the city.
  — Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2022
• The carvings bisect the center of the face, continuing up the forehead and all the way around to the back of the skull.
  — Annalee Newitz, Ars Technica, 28 June 2017
• An equinox occurs when the sun lines up so that the equator bisects it.
  — Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics, 18 June 2019
• The edge of the circle of light cast by his desk lamp bisected Leif across his pale chest.
  — Caleb Crain, Harper's magazine, 22 July 2019
• The fault lines vary in width and don’t always bisect the entire figure.
  — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 5 Aug. 2022
• Michael DeWitt: Two train tracks bisect the county, just much like the two largest rivers run through the county.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 10 Mar. 2023
• Once inside, the space is bisected again by rough chain-link fence.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 13 Sep. 2019
• Many have returned to the east side of the Tigris River that bisects the city, but portions of the west remain under siege.
  — Molly Hennessy-Fiske, latimes.com, 29 May 2017
• Two large mounds bisect the fairway 300 yards from the tee, creating a blind second shot over the hill.
  — Michael Whitmer, BostonGlobe.com, 20 June 2019
• The building’s front is bisected by a floor-to-ceiling pinewood door.
  — Suleman Anaya, New York Times, 3 May 2024
• How to Get Around Cozumel is a small but well-maintained island with a ring road, as well as one that bisects the island.
  — Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 1 Mar. 2024
• At two points these stairs bisect low stone walls that are an attractive part of the landscaping of the front yard.
  — James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 4 Feb. 2024
• Three lots are on the opposite side of a wetland area, bisected by a stream.
  — David Anderson, The Aegis, 9 Mar. 2018
• The creek bisecting the hole sits just a few feet in front of the putting surface and is particularly in play when the pin is on the left side.
  — Brent Kennedy, baltimoresun.com, 11 July 2018
• The project, which is bisected by the trolley line, will feature a downtown-style main street.
  — Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 May 2024
• The mayor's complex is a few hundred meters away, on the north side of Highway 10, whose four lanes bisect the city.
  — Elliot Ackerman, Esquire, 23 Mar. 2017
• A 92-mph fastball to Detroit’s Justin Upton that bisected the middle of the plate.
  — Rustin Dodd, kansascity.com, 29 June 2017
• The dream of a city where 8- and 80-year-old cyclists could bisect the center with confidence seemed a hundred years away.
  — Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Mar. 2021
• From a rear wooden deck large enough to function as an outdoor kitchen, a stone path bisects the sprawling lawn.
  — Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 25 May 2023
• The campus is bisected by the tracks of the local commuter-rail line—the stop, called Suzukichō, is a nod to the company’s co-founder.
  — Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 1 May 2018
• Soon, a new railway aimed at boosting tourism and trade in the region will bisect the Calakmul Biosphere.
  — Emiliano Ruprah, Wired, 31 July 2021
• A heavy black curtain bisects the industrial space from floor to ceiling, nearly from the front door to the back.
  — Wayne Curtis, WIRED, 30 May 2017
• Griffiths said the plan is to build a low wall to bisect the room, creating not only a bar area but a three-person chef’s counter.
  — Michael Klein, Philly.com, 4 June 2018
• Cub-veat emptor. Turns out our Row 1 seats down the third-base line were just above a walkway that bisected the upper deck.
  — Mike Bass Special To Cincinnati Enquirer Usa Today Network, The Enquirer, 8 June 2023
• The marshes—vast, open areas of green, grassy wetlands bisected by serpentine creeks, flooded daily by tides—line parts of coasts in the U.S. and many other countries.
  — Michael Adno, Scientific American, 25 June 2024

Last Updated: 25 Sep 2024