Example Sentences

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April 8, 2024 will be an unforgettable day for many people in North America, as the shadow of a total solar eclipse will bisect the continent like a black marker line.

From Salon • Apr. 27, 2023

The alliance’s work is more important than ever as a controversial new train line that will bisect the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve approaches completion.

From New York Times • Nov. 8, 2022

A line drawn straight up from the hoofs will bisect Jackson’s chin.

From Washington Post • Jul. 11, 2020

The new east-west stretch of Interstate, which will bisect the county when completed.

From New York Times • Jun. 17, 2014

But now that this has been separated off, and, as we said, the others alone are left for us, the principle of law and the absence of law will bisect them all.

From Statesman by Plato