How to Use square in a Sentence

square

1 of 4 noun

• The board has red and black squares.
• Cut the brownies into squares.
• The fabric is decorated with circles and squares.
• Gathered in a corner of the square, a small group of teenagers paw the ground.
  — Pino Gagliardi, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Sep. 2023
• And then Heidi gets shot square in the back in a very clear shot.
  — Jamie Yuccas, CBS News, 2 Dec. 2023
• This means that each strip should be the same length as the starter square (5 inches).
  — Mariah Thomas, Good Housekeeping, 4 Aug. 2023
• The 38-year-old placed a square of tin foil on a paper plate and set both on the tent floor.
  — Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Jan. 2024
• Lay slices of ham and Gruyère cheese in the center of each pastry square.
  — Andrea Weigl, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
• That ace by Pedersen brought the match back to all square.
  — Scott Thompson, Fox News, 22 Sep. 2023
• Some shirts are plain, with the logo in a small square at the bottom of the buttons on a golf shirt.
  — Doug Ferguson, Quartz, 13 Feb. 2024
• Spread cheese mixture on half of bread squares (about 1 tsp.
  — Julia Reed, Southern Living, 31 Dec. 2023
• He was known to take a train from the Jeffersontown square to his job in the city.
  — Leo Bertucci, The Courier-Journal, 7 Mar. 2024
• Have your partner scratch off a square to reveal a film from the IMDb top 100.
  — Cristian Esteban, Rolling Stone, 7 Feb. 2024
• Squeeze your abs to keep your hips square and drive the cables forward.
  — Brett Williams, Men's Health, 31 July 2023
• So there was just about one foot of space between the cement roof and these squares of glass.
  — Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2024
• Your job is to find a player who fits the criteria of each square.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 17 July 2023
• Pushback from the squares only raised his rebel appeal among the young.
  — Alex Williams, New York Times, 31 Mar. 2023
• Please join me in welcoming Monique, Carrie, Brett and Rob to the town square.
  — Jay Peters, The Verge, 14 Sep. 2023
• So there would be a square and a triangle and a circle.
  — Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 6 Feb. 2024
• The bar, a square in the center of the dining room, is the domain of South African chef Aadam Coetzee.
  — Hannah Selinger, Travel + Leisure, 10 Apr. 2023
• Since then, the tree, now-over 60 feet tall, has become the focal point of the courthouse square in the heart of Lahaina.
  — Brian Brant, Peoplemag, 17 Aug. 2023
• The fictional Larry David wouldn’t last a day in the public square ca.
  — TIME, 2 Feb. 2024
• The platforms were up for walkways and people were trying to walk only on the edges of the square.
  — Gabrielle Porcaro, Travel + Leisure, 2 Oct. 2023
• The nail sets come in four shapes: stiletto, coffin, square and almond with a range of sizes from short to XXL.
  — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 28 Mar. 2024
• Growing up, Rice Krispies squares were the treat most often found in our cupboard.
  — Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 9 Aug. 2023
• Use this easy test: Hold a square of toilet paper up to the fan cover while the fan is running.
  — Christina Poletto, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Aug. 2023
• Douglas looked dapper in a black suit and black bowtie, with a white pocket square in his lapel.
  — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 16 May 2023
• Either way, the square should be offset from your cutline by same distance that the saw’s blade is from the edge of its base.
  — Paul Steiner, Popular Mechanics, 24 Mar. 2023
• Cut a 1- to 2-inch square or rectangle out of the center of a piece of white paper or cardboard.
  — Denise Chow, NBC News, 4 Apr. 2024
• Bakhmut’s central square has the usual things: a town hall, a fountain, shops and restaurants.
  — Haiane Avakian, The Atlantic, 27 Sep. 2023

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square

2 of 4 adjective

• The room has four square corners.
• The project renovates and expands the square footage of the school.
  — Nicole Asbury, Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2023
• The home is around 1,200 square feet, with three bedrooms and two baths.
  — Victoria K. Hunt, Robb Report, 7 May 2023
• In terms of heat, it's said to be able to heat a standard room up to 400 square feet.
  — Alec Scherma, Good Housekeeping, 19 Jan. 2023
• Building a deck around your above-ground pool costs from $15 to $30 per square foot.
  — Veronica Graham, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 June 2023
• That was also the nation’s third largest increase in terms of square footage over the last decade.
  — Ramsey Archibald | [e-mail], al, 4 Mar. 2023
• Snap or cut the nori in half once, then in half again for a nearly square quarter-sheet.
  — Betty Hallock, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2023
• His jaw grew square, and his face sprouted the beginnings of a beard.
  — Kurt Streeter Mason Trinca, New York Times, 5 May 2023
• That's where the UT System owns 3,000 square miles of property.
  — David Schechter, Chance Horner, CBS News, 16 May 2023
• The best propane heaters can warm outdoor spaces or can even be used to heat homes of more than 1,000 square feet.
  — Andrew Waite, Field & Stream, 1 Nov. 2023
• Keeping hips square to ground, lift right hand to tap left shoulder.
  — Andi Breitowich, Women's Health, 9 Aug. 2023
• The square footage of the top deck nearly doubled, and a massive, glass-heavy hardtop was added as its new crown.
  — Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 18 Mar. 2023
• The humidifier works best in rooms that are up to 500 square feet.
  — Amy Schulman, Peoplemag, 4 Feb. 2023
• The piece of ice, at a size of 1,500 square miles and weighing nearly a trillion metric tons, is about three times the size of New York City.
  — Peter Aitken, Fox News, 25 Nov. 2023
• Keep in Mind This kit requires over 750 square feet of space on your property.
  — Laura Kristine Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Sep. 2023
• This size is suitable for areas between 50 and 75 square feet.
  — Casey Clark, Popular Mechanics, 9 June 2023
• The low-end estimate of new space luxury retailers have leased in the U.S. over the past 12 months, in square feet.
  — Zlati Meyer, WSJ, 6 Oct. 2023
• Plus, at roughly $1 per square foot, this model is a great value.
  — Melanie Gibson, Men's Health, 18 Nov. 2022
• The tiles, whether stock or custom-colored, run around $45 a square foot, depending on the pattern.
  — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2023
• This channel features apartments low on square footage from around the world, with the tours guided by the people who designed the places.
  — Pcmag Staff, PCMAG, 11 Mar. 2023
• The bundle comes with six rolls totaling a whopping 180 square feet.
  — Moriah Mason, Southern Living, 7 Dec. 2023
• The building costs of her house, which include site improvement and the foundation, were about $350 per square foot.
  — Lia Picard, WSJ, 17 Nov. 2022
• The roomy interior boasts the largest square footage and tallest ceiling height—by a whopping 10 inches—on our list.
  — Adrienne Donica, Popular Mechanics, 3 Mar. 2023
• Ukraine claims to have taken about 12 square miles of territory around Bakhmut.
  — Sammy Westfall, Washington Post, 17 May 2023
• Maximize your square footage and enjoy the most out of a small space by adding a compact furniture set.
  — Gabriela Izquierdo, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Nov. 2023
• Line a 9-inch square baking dish with parchment paper and cooking spray.
  — Marianne Williams, Southern Living, 20 Nov. 2023
• Tired of having your bra poke out ever-so-slightly from under your square-neck shirts?
  — Hannah Oh, Seventeen, 14 Feb. 2023
• Most experts recommend somewhere between 32 and 40 watts per square foot for the best growth.
  — Carrie Honaker, Southern Living, 5 Jan. 2024
• With a square neck and dramatic lantern sleeves, the budget-friendly dress looks so similar to Kaling's.
  — Nicol Natale, Peoplemag, 23 Feb. 2023
• But big things are on the way with a major development project called Ashton Park that is projected to add thousands of homes and about 5 million square feet of retail and commercial space to the area.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 6 Mar. 2024

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square

3 of 4 verb

• The machine squares the wood into flat boards.
• If you square 3, you get 9.
• Corine and team squared that area off and moved the stove down.
  — Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 12 July 2023
• The Aries moon squares Mars to incite a take-charge mood.
  — USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2023
• Place squares on one of the prepared pans, about 1 inch apart.
  — Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 27 Nov. 2023
• Make dough squares: Roll out the dough on a floured work surface.
  — Anna Theoktisto, Southern Living, 18 Sep. 2023
• Fang answered with a birdie on No. 17 to square the match.
  — Mark Kazlowski, Dallas News, 27 July 2023
• The public and private personas of Kotick are hard to square.
  — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 31 May 2023
• Good defense, but Durant didn’t square his body to the rim on the baseline.
  — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 29 Mar. 2023
• How to square the images, the proof of life, with the conditions of living?
  — Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2023
• The Mariners tried to attack his fastball but struggled to square it up.
  — Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 May 2023
• On the very first day of 2024, Venus in Sagittarius will square Saturn in Pisces.
  — Elizabeth Gulino, refinery29.com, 26 Dec. 2023
• But that doesn’t square up with the data, even from places with big contests up for grabs.
  — John Myers, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2022
• That doesn’t square with what the film has implied — that Lennon had drifted away from Yoko.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 11 June 2022
• Most kerosene heaters will convert BTUs to square footage on the packaging, but if not, the math is easy.
  — John Sass, Field & Stream, 3 Aug. 2023
• Both men gave me one more glance before promising to square me away.
  — New York Times, 27 Apr. 2022
• The point man spotted Clifford cutting to the right of the lane and the latter laid it in, squaring the score again at 64 apiece.
  — Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 16 Jan. 2024
• Iriarte counters that the heavy head of the horse doesn’t square up with the image of domestic steeds.
  — Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 13 Oct. 2022
• The urge to try new flavors and spend a little too lavishly will be heightened as Venus squares Uranus (on the 9th) and Jupiter (on the 22nd).
  — Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 July 2023
• People who live and work in the area said the findings didn’t square with reality.
  — Mallory Moench, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Dec. 2022
• From the start, Mr. Povlsen was grappling with how to square his job with his passion for land preservation.
  — New York Times, 5 May 2022
• The new King also has Pluto on his ascendent, which squares his sun and moon.
  — Women's Health, 4 May 2023
• Grab a set of the slide sandals now while they're marked down to just $24, and square yourself away with shoes that'll keep you comfy all summer.
  — Melissa Epifano, PEOPLE.com, 14 June 2022
• The controversies that blew up around this book have always been hard to square with the mild, cultured man who wrote it.
  — Sam Sacks, WSJ, 23 Dec. 2022
• So how does one square the Angels’ position on this list?
  — Dan Freedman, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
• Life may weigh on you as the Moon moves through your intense 8th house, but things should lighten up when the Moon squares Neptune in your joyful 5th house.
  — Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 7 Sep. 2023
• But this is hard to square with the fact that these groups have been set on this course for years now — years that included the Trump presidency.
  — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 31 May 2021
• That may be the case at this moment as warrior Mars in your sign squares Neptune in your ambitious 10th house.
  — Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2023
• Most players are taught how to square the clubface with shorter, slower swings and work up to a full motion.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2021
• The Brazilian striker squared the ball to Trossard, who cut inside a defender and unleashed a fierce strike into the corner from near the penalty spot.
  — Mattias Karen, USA TODAY, 20 Jan. 2024

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square

4 of 4 adverb

• Thank goodness that got me back square, so that was a lot of fun.
  — Michelle R. Martinelli, USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2020
• The driver got out to assess the damage, and the cyclist punched him square in the face.
  — Molly Longman, refinery29.com, 22 Mar. 2021
• Healdsburg's redwood- and Bradford pear–canopied square.
  — Kathryn Romeyn, Travel + Leisure, 4 Oct. 2021
• Sarah Flint looked at pointe slippers—somewhat square-toed, but also rounded—in the design of these flats.
  — Alexis Bennett, Vogue, 1 Apr. 2021
• The center stone appeared to be square-cut gem surrounded by a halo of diamonds and set on a thin band.
  — Claudia Harmata, PEOPLE.com, 5 Aug. 2019
• Even in the Midwest, where the thin-crusted, square-cut pizzas originated, tavern pies tend to play second fiddle to the deep dish and pan pies of the world.
  — Michael Russell, oregonlive, 25 Mar. 2020
• Cut parts square and then trim away a few whisper-fine shavings of wood for a furniture-quality fit.
  — Thomas Klenck, Popular Mechanics, 20 June 2020
• The bling features both square-cut and pear-cut diamonds, coupled together on what appears to be one band.
  — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com, 12 July 2018
• Top with another piece of plastic wrap and, with a rolling pin and your hands, flatten the butter into a rectangle 4 inches wide and 8 inches long, keeping the edges straight and square.
  — Kim Ode, sacbee.com, 2 May 2017
• Exercise isn't traditionally part of Chinese culture, barring some aunties square-dancing in the park and a few tai chi practitioners on the sidelines.
  — Nanlin Fang, CNN, 29 May 2018
• The women introduced new aesthetic choices to note — such as the fact that nearly all of them wore square-cut, collarless jackets or brightly colored blazers, occasionally long enough to suggest a lab coat.
  — Kaitlyn Tiffany, Vox, 31 Oct. 2018
• Thank goodness that got me back square, so that was a lot of fun.
  — Michelle R. Martinelli, USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2020
• The driver got out to assess the damage, and the cyclist punched him square in the face.
  — Molly Longman, refinery29.com, 22 Mar. 2021
• Healdsburg's redwood- and Bradford pear–canopied square.
  — Kathryn Romeyn, Travel + Leisure, 4 Oct. 2021
• Sarah Flint looked at pointe slippers—somewhat square-toed, but also rounded—in the design of these flats.
  — Alexis Bennett, Vogue, 1 Apr. 2021
• The center stone appeared to be square-cut gem surrounded by a halo of diamonds and set on a thin band.
  — Claudia Harmata, PEOPLE.com, 5 Aug. 2019
• Even in the Midwest, where the thin-crusted, square-cut pizzas originated, tavern pies tend to play second fiddle to the deep dish and pan pies of the world.
  — Michael Russell, oregonlive, 25 Mar. 2020
• Cut parts square and then trim away a few whisper-fine shavings of wood for a furniture-quality fit.
  — Thomas Klenck, Popular Mechanics, 20 June 2020
• The bling features both square-cut and pear-cut diamonds, coupled together on what appears to be one band.
  — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com, 12 July 2018
• Top with another piece of plastic wrap and, with a rolling pin and your hands, flatten the butter into a rectangle 4 inches wide and 8 inches long, keeping the edges straight and square.
  — Kim Ode, sacbee.com, 2 May 2017
• Exercise isn't traditionally part of Chinese culture, barring some aunties square-dancing in the park and a few tai chi practitioners on the sidelines.
  — Nanlin Fang, CNN, 29 May 2018
• The women introduced new aesthetic choices to note — such as the fact that nearly all of them wore square-cut, collarless jackets or brightly colored blazers, occasionally long enough to suggest a lab coat.
  — Kaitlyn Tiffany, Vox, 31 Oct. 2018
• Thank goodness that got me back square, so that was a lot of fun.
  — Michelle R. Martinelli, USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2020
• The driver got out to assess the damage, and the cyclist punched him square in the face.
  — Molly Longman, refinery29.com, 22 Mar. 2021
• Healdsburg's redwood- and Bradford pear–canopied square.
  — Kathryn Romeyn, Travel + Leisure, 4 Oct. 2021
• Sarah Flint looked at pointe slippers—somewhat square-toed, but also rounded—in the design of these flats.
  — Alexis Bennett, Vogue, 1 Apr. 2021
• The center stone appeared to be square-cut gem surrounded by a halo of diamonds and set on a thin band.
  — Claudia Harmata, PEOPLE.com, 5 Aug. 2019
• Even in the Midwest, where the thin-crusted, square-cut pizzas originated, tavern pies tend to play second fiddle to the deep dish and pan pies of the world.
  — Michael Russell, oregonlive, 25 Mar. 2020
• Cut parts square and then trim away a few whisper-fine shavings of wood for a furniture-quality fit.
  — Thomas Klenck, Popular Mechanics, 20 June 2020
• The bling features both square-cut and pear-cut diamonds, coupled together on what appears to be one band.
  — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com, 12 July 2018

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