diagonal
diagonals
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pluralof diagonal.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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For once there was a justification for Mr. Koolhaas’s sportive diagonals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026
He will sit deep when required and push high when he can; will play neat possession football in some fixtures and tell his players to hit longer diagonals out to the wide men in others.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2024
The result is a strikingly fantastical depiction of the city now known as Beijing, using, Hockney added, “harsh edges, strong diagonals, mad perspectives.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2024
Six colors - red, black, green, pink, yellow and blue - are layered in exactly the same order, only now in horizontal stripes instead of the Netherlands-created One Love’s diagonals.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 30, 2023
The vanishing point of the diagonals formed by the top of the mirror and the right side of the table lies at the juncture of the woman’s little finger and the picture frame.
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
