flatwise

How to use flatwise in a sentence

• Then came the fat oblong envelope, with its official seal, that dropped flatwise to the floor with a sodden, dull impact.

  McTeague | Frank Norris

• Instead of living edgewise, so to speak, we should be spread out flatwise.

  The House that Jill Built | E. C. Gardner

• A large arrow-head of chalcedony has been bound with cords of cotton flatwise along one side of the body.

  Zui Fetiches | Frank Hamilton Cushing

• Placing it flatwise on supports close to its ends we find that its own weight causes a decided sag.

  Inventors at Work | George Iles

• Morrison's sword held flatwise, thudded down on the back of a man who had flung away his gun.

  The Littlest Rebel | Edward Peple