squarish
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- squarishly adverb
- squarishness noun
Etymology
Origin of squarish
Example Sentences
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That’s the case with my all-time favorite L.A. life hack, which has to do with those squarish, yellow “loading only” signs and the yellow-painted stretch of curb they accompany.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 2, 2024
The painting is a large-scale, squarish, predominantly black canvas, with two pairs of actual woolen pants wadded up on the surface.
From New York Times • Oct. 6, 2022
Scully finds analogues in his home place for larger themes from art history, so in his 2015 “Doric Blue and Blue,” the grid resolves into the pure brushstroke, the squarish daub of Cézanne.
From Washington Post • May 27, 2022
It’s a lovely, sturdy specimen of Sears Roebuck Modern Home No. 174: an American Foursquare, with three levels and 3,000 square feet — purposefully squarish, in fact, to maximize its city lot.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 25, 2020
Not long after his arrival, Louie was standing at the base, sweating and despairing over the landscape, when a squarish second lieutenant walked up and introduced himself.
From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand
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