Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

The ventral lobes bear a similar but smaller subrectangular black mark.

From Journal of Entomology and Zoology Volume 11, Number 4, December 1919 by Alexander, Charles P.

This consists of an opening, usually of oval or subrectangular form in elevation, placed at the junction of the roof with a vertical wall.

From A Study of Pueblo Architecture: Tusayan and Cibola Eighth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1886-1887, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 3-228 by Nichols, Henry Hobart

The base part is subrectangular in section, and the bottom is slightly but evenly convex.

From Illustrated Catalogue of a Portion of the Collections Made During the Field Season of 1881 Third Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1881-82, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1884, pages 427-510 by Holmes, William Henry