How to Use triangular in a Sentence

triangular

adjective
  • The swimming pool has the same triangular shape as the roof.
    E.b. Solomont, WSJ, 30 Nov. 2021
  • Back then, the chain served triangular hash browns in place of fries.
    Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2024
  • There’s a roundish globe, a more triangular bulb, and an oval shape.
    WIRED, 5 Sep. 2022
  • Dig a 6- to 8-inch-deep hole in the ground with a small, triangular trowel.
    The Salt Lake Tribune, 21 Sep. 2021
  • From the middle of the head, part a triangular section from the crown to the ends of the eyebrow, and repeat on the other side.
    Dory Zayas, Parents, 26 July 2024
  • There's an F1-style triangular brake light by the rear spoiler, and the 10-spoke wheels look sporty, too.
    Joey Capparella, Car and Driver, 10 Mar. 2021
  • The triangular red flag is the most popular, followed by the US flag and the rainbow flag.
    Anne Quito, Quartz, 31 Mar. 2022
  • For dessert, home in on the triangular Guyanese tarts filled with pineapple jam.
    Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2021
  • Sedge has that grass like look but is very shiny, upright and with a triangular stem and seed stalk.
    Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 26 June 2021
  • 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
  • Part of the challenge was squeezing the villa on to the triangular, quarter-acre site.
    Howard Walker, Robb Report, 23 Mar. 2021
  • One point of the triangular plan, as with the two earlier plans, is the Flatbush Avenue access to I-84 in the western part of the city.
    Tom Condon, courant.com, 19 Mar. 2021
  • Take the outdoor seating area, under which a large triangular part of the roof hangs.
    Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 17 July 2024
  • 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
  • There’d be a triangular green at Seventh and Berry, plus wider sidewalks and new bike lanes on Berry Street.
    John King, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Nov. 2021
  • 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
  • Like the Utah monolith, the Romanian monolith is a vast triangular prism, 10 to 12 feet tall.
    Constance Grady, Vox, 18 June 2024
  • Sectioning: Divide the bangs area, creating a triangular section at the front.
    Danielle Sinay, Glamour, 26 July 2024

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