How to Use horizontal in a Sentence

horizontal

adjective
  • From the next screen, click on the three horizontal lines in the upper right.
    — Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 31 Jan. 2023
  • Next comes the horizontal cut, which drops out the wedge of wood.
    — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 11 Nov. 2021
  • Step 3 Open the sheet up, flip it over, and fold the top edge down along the horizontal black line near the center of the sheet.
    — Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 13 July 2023
  • The wider the horizontal line, the bigger the error bar.
    — Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 9 Apr. 2022
  • Some are tired; horizontal and face down on the ground.
    — Nick Remsen, Vogue, 21 Dec. 2022
  • Click the three horizontal lines in the top right, then pick Settings.
    — David Nield, Popular Science, 1 June 2023
  • Louisville wore new black uniforms with thick white horizontal stripes down the side, a fresh look with a nod to the past.
    — Brett Dawson, The Courier-Journal, 19 Feb. 2022
  • Harder held the ball for a second, then slid a horizontal pass across the field.
    — Naaman Zhou, The New Yorker, 19 July 2023
  • Tap the three horizontal lines in the top right corner.
    — Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2022
  • Tap the three horizontal lines in the top-right corner.
    — Toby Grey, BGR, 29 Aug. 2022
  • The ceiling of the tunnel is lined with thin horizontal crevices in the concrete.
    — Jack Armstrong, The Arizona Republic, 17 Aug. 2024
  • The pit’s built-ins and the house’s shiplap siding, for instance, share strong horizontal lines.
    — Kathryn O’Shea-Evans, WSJ, 9 Sep. 2022
  • The weight of the fruit pulls the branch down into a more horizontal position.
    — oregonlive, 19 Nov. 2022
  • Unlike most cots, this one doesn't have horizontal bars across the head and foot ends.
    — Matt Jancer, Wired, 12 June 2022
  • For most of the first half, Ben worked on the Steelers' horizontal passing game.
    — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 26 Sep. 2021
  • But twice in each monthlong lunar orbit, the Moon crosses through the same horizontal plane as the Earth and the Sun.
    — Shannon Schmoll, USA TODAY, 3 May 2023
  • Over near the guesthouse, a dead saguaro was lying horizontal on the ground.
    — Christine Smallwood, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2022
  • On the walls are long, horizontal LED screens that react to the music with light, flashing and dimming in the dark room.
    — Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2023
  • Tap on the menu button (three horizontal lines) in the top-right corner.
    — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 1 July 2022
  • Video of the scene shows the utility pole lying horizontal across the bus roof.
    — Julianne McShane, NBC News, 27 Oct. 2022
  • The horizontal blue-and-white stripes on the bed's skirt pair well with the other mix of blue-and-white patterns on the bedding, curtains, and chair.
    — Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 27 Mar. 2021
  • On the dial, the Aquanaut has a checkerboard grid, compared to the horizontal lines of the Nautilus.
    — Carol Besler, Robb Report, 27 May 2021
  • Pipe 2 horizontal lines running crosswise across the cake, 1 line about halfway down and 1 line about three-quarters of the way down the length of the cake.
    — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 24 Oct. 2023
  • Click on the three horizontal lines to the left of the word Settings, then click on ‘Cookies and Site permissions’.
    — Ken Colburn, The Arizona Republic, 22 July 2024
  • While in the Authenticator section of the app, tap the three horizontal lines in the top left corner of the screen to open a menu.
    — PCMAG, 22 Oct. 2024
  • And fabrics stacked in bolts is an accounting, the horizontal folds like lines in a ledger.
    — Robert Sullivan, Vogue, 22 Mar. 2023
  • The vertical parts were baby blue and the horizontal parts, which were the shelves, were a bright orange.
    — Joanne Kempinger Demski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 21 Jan. 2022
  • You’ll probably be knocked out, or at least feel the need to be horizontal.
    — Erica Sloan, SELF, 28 Feb. 2025
  • The San Diego-area man climbed onto a horizontal tree branch and tried to jump from the limb but slipped and then hit his head on the rocks below, the station reported.
    — Anna Lazarus Caplan, People.com, 31 Mar. 2025
  • Against the White Sox, the curveball averaged 10 inches of horizontal movement.
    — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2025

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