How to Use horizontal bar in a Sentence

horizontal bar

noun
  • And please remove the horizontal bars in front to the tote board.
    Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2019
  • Unlike most cots, this one doesn't have a horizontal bar across the head and foot of the bed.
    Matt Jancer, Wired, 17 Feb. 2021
  • The agent had to grab a horizontal bar as well, doing so with his left hand across his body.
    Dan Morse, Washington Post, 1 Dec. 2022
  • Plus, there’s a horizontal bar for hanging pants and skirts.
    Casey Clark, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 May 2023
  • Half an hour later, the balloon is ready to go, held in place by a red horizontal bar and protected from the wind by walls on three sides.
    Alex Davies, WIRED, 11 July 2018
  • The student straightened his back as Quinto-Sánchez placed the horizontal bar atop his head.
    Amy Reed-Sandoval, The New Yorker, 25 July 2024
  • One obvious difference is a horizontal bar of light that forms part of the hood and links the headlights.
    John Seabrook, The New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2022
  • Or install two: a horizontal bar about 12 inches up from the lip of the tub and a vertical one near the end of that wall, farthest from the shower head.
    Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2022
  • Find, or build, a tall coat rack consisting of two uprights and a horizontal bar.
    Susanne Fowler, House Beautiful, 15 Mar. 2021
  • Squint a little and parts of the grille are also visible with what appear to be six horizontal bars.
    Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 15 May 2023
  • The angle of the photograph makes this shape look flat, but the X in the center is one plate while the horizontal bar of extensions is another.
    Leslie Nemo, Scientific American, 11 Feb. 2021
  • Three pictures have low horizontal bars that might represent a slice of earth or sea.
    Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 1 Dec. 2023
  • Each door has two panels of caning inset into the frame, rather than just one long piece run behind the horizontal bar at the center.
    Amy Panos, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Feb. 2024
  • Most backless bar stools have a horizontal bar across the bottom that helps stabilize its legs.
    Sian Babish, chicagotribune.com, 1 Oct. 2020
  • Its cameras are now arranged in a square grid rather than the typical thick Pixel horizontal bar.
    Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 16 July 2024
  • Railings line the walkways, but their vertical bars are at least 4 feet apart, with horizontal bars some 2 feet above the walking surface.
    Tim Woodward, idahostatesman, 27 Oct. 2017
  • The men compete in the floor exercise, pommel horse, still rings, vault, parallel bars and horizontal bar.
    Dave Kallmann, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 15 Nov. 2019
  • On mobile, look for the three horizontal bars (aka hamburger button) in the upper-left corner of a page, choose Settings, then pick your Color.
    Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 29 July 2024
  • The pendulum arms connect via a pair of linkages to a horizontal bar mounted on a center pivot, which in turn is connected to a pair of scissor-style arms.
    Lee Hutchinson, Ars Technica, 23 Sep. 2018
  • A year ago, Pauker qualified for state not only on the pommel horse but also on floor, rings, parallel bars, high bar, horizontal bar and all-around.
    Steve Sadin, chicagotribune.com, 1 May 2018
  • With several horizontal bars, this freestanding towel warmer has a lot of surface space to warm the towels hanging on it.
    Megan Boettcher, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Most rear guards of this era consisted of three pieces of rectangular steel: a horizontal bar welded to two vertical beams that bolted to the bottom of the trailer.
    A.c. Thompson, ProPublica, 13 June 2023
  • The Gmail compose screen is another example of horizontal bars run amok.
    Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 13 July 2023
  • The Pixel 6 introduced a unique identifying piece of design, a horizontal bar that held the camera lenses.
    Ewan Spence, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2023
  • The men compete in six apparatus: horizontal bar, parallel bars, pommel horse, rings, vault, and rope climbing.
    Cnn Editorial Research, CNN, 26 July 2021
  • Chrome outlined the lower grille, underlined the upper grille (grilles have active upper and lower aero shutters; close at high speeds for aerodynamics, re-open at lower speeds to cool engine) and trimmed the horizontal bars of both grilles.
    Emma Jayne Williams, star-telegram, 30 Sep. 2017
  • With each gentle swing, I’m transported back to elementary school recess, hanging from jungle gyms and doing backward flips off the horizontal bars.
    Lindsay Geller, Women's Health, 18 May 2023
  • There are three more individual gymnastics golds up for grabs: the men's parallel bars, men's horizontal bar and women's balance beam.
    Joshua Berlinger, Aditi Sangal and Adam Renton, CNN, 2 Aug. 2021
  • The always stylish royal-to-be paired her new accessory with a Birks Rosée du Matin diamond horizontal bar bracelet ($925) and her custom three-diamond engagement ring.
    Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2018
  • The men will compete in the individual horizontal bar and parallel bar finals.
    Aditi Sangal, CNN, 3 Aug. 2021

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