How to Use rectangle in a Sentence

rectangle

noun

• Down the long rectangle of the Mall, all the lamps were lit.
  — Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2024
• Use a fork to press the tines all around the rectangle.
  — Sheryl Julian, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Dec. 2022
• Spread the rectangle with filling all the way to the edges.
  — Julia O'Malley, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Nov. 2021
• Roll out the lighter dough to a 12-by-18-inch rectangle.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 26 July 2022
• The length of the rectangle should be slightly more than the width.
  — Beth Segal, cleveland, 17 Sep. 2020
• Around the edges of the blind leaked a rectangle of white daylight.
  — Sally Rooney, The New Yorker, 5 July 2021
• The rest of the time, the watch face was a black rectangle of nothingness.
  — Aaron Pressman, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2019
• Brush a 1-inch border all around the rectangle with the egg glaze.
  — Sheryl Julian, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Dec. 2022
• Adjust the size of the rectangle to fit the shelf or drawer.
  — Marni Jameson, orlandosentinel.com, 13 Aug. 2021
• Press and roll the dough into a rectangle about the length of the baking sheet.
  — cleveland, 25 June 2020
• The door opens and Aunt Ida is standing in a rectangle of light.
  — Dick Feagler, cleveland, 25 Dec. 2020
• Stack the three rectangles on top of one other and roll to 1-inch thick.
  — Country Living, 27 Feb. 2023
• Shape one half of the dough into a rectangle about the size of a sandwich.
  — Julia O'Malley, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Dec. 2021
• Turn the dough and roll it again into a 1/16th-inch rectangle.
  — cleveland, 25 June 2020
• Roll the dough out to form a rectangle about 8-by-12 inches.
  — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 11 Sep. 2020
• Starting at the top, fold the dough about two thirds of the way down the rectangle and fold it again, so the top edge meets the bottom edge.
  — Jessica Battilana, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Oct. 2021
• Spend more time on those and less on the sort of rectangle that can pull you into work.
  — Justin Pot, Wired, 19 Feb. 2022
• Police set up a rectangle of crime scene tape that took up most of the one-way street.
  — Christine Dempsey, courant.com, 30 Oct. 2019
• Then, fold in one side of the cardigan to create the shape of a rectangle, and fold in just the shoulder segment of the sleeve.
  — Marissa Miller, Travel + Leisure, 16 Aug. 2023
• The eraser is a rectangle, even though the pencil is round.
  — Diana Budds, Curbed, 9 May 2022
• In the Cybertruck the rear video view is displayed in a small rectangle in the truck’s center screen.
  — Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 23 Feb. 2024
• At this point, lay the sheet on a flat surface, and fold the rectangle into thirds.
  — Kelly Corbett, House Beautiful, 16 June 2020
• The house is a long rectangle, but has a room that is turned at 20 degrees from the rest of the house, adjacent to the garage.
  — Kerri Westenberg, Star Tribune, 6 Nov. 2020
• Dump the dough out onto the counter, shape it into a long rectangle.
  — Julia O'Malley, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Nov. 2022
• That includes the gear shifter being a long rectangle in the top left of the screen for drive, park and reverse.
  — Michael Wayland, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2024
• Fold the sides of the narrow rectangle in, to slightly overlap in the center.
  — Maggie Burch, Southern Living, 24 Jan. 2024
• Fold the dough in thirds, keeping the dough roughly a rectangle.
  — Time, 12 Aug. 2021
• Grasp the short side of the rectangle farther from you and fold it toward the midline of the dough slab, aligning the sides.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 Apr. 2021
• There’s no mound in this version of the game, just a rectangle marked off with chalk 50, not 60, feet from home plate.
  — Robert Gauthierstaff Photographer, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2022
• Over her left eye is a small black rectangle, a blinder that blocks out one eye and allows greater focus in the other.
  — Nick Miller, The Athletic, 1 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 31 Dec 2024