Example Sentences

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As they watched, they saw the two stars wobbling around on their orbits, and worked out that this pattern could only be caused by an exoplanet on a right-angled, ferris-wheel like path.

From Space Scoop • May 6, 2025

Leclerc and Sainz likened it more to the Baku track in Azerbaijan, with its long straights and right-angled corners and said Monaco was very different.

From BBC • Nov. 18, 2023

Vessels must execute a sharp right-angled turn at the strait’s northern end, where the strong winds common in winter could strike a large ship broadside and blow it off course.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 10, 2021

Most cross streets in between were arranged in a regular right-angled grid that was tilted 29 degrees east of true north to roughly replicate the angle of the island of Manhattan.

From Scientific American • May 29, 2018

In the gray light of dawn the trio continued down the side of the road until they reached a point where it took a right-angled turn.

From "The Incredible Journey" by Sheila Burnford