oblong
adjective
elongated, usually from the square or circular form.
oblongs
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pluralof oblong.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Finally, after the umpteenth tilt, the mercury sparks, filling the oblongs with an eerie, flickering, mesmerizing blue glow.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 26, 2024
Most of Engida’s canvases are crowded with women in domestic scenes, their faces rendered in simple black lines, except for the bright red oblongs that often represent lips.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 14, 2020
“My sense of proportion tells me that oblongs are more attractive than squares, just as…a greyhound is more graceful than an English bulldog,” Mr. Earl wrote in a 1954 essay in the Saturday Evening Post.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2018
He hammered a pair of square eyeglass frames into oblongs, hung a boot lace from one side, and voilà: your man the poet.
From New York Times ● Oct. 1, 2015
That is the landscape I focus on, a field of oblongs, gently undulating where the earth beneath has buckled, from decade after decade of winter frost.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
