How to Use triangular in a Sentence

triangular

adjective
Definition of triangularnext
  • The swimming pool has the same triangular shape as the roof.
    — E.b. Solomont, WSJ, 30 Nov. 2021
  • Back then, the chain served triangular hash browns in place of fries.
    — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2024
  • There’s a roundish globe, a more triangular bulb, and an oval shape.
    — WIRED, 5 Sep. 2022
  • Cut the top of each bun in a triangular shape and scoop out a little bit of the inside.
    — Vogue, 4 Mar. 2019
  • Dig a 6- to 8-inch-deep hole in the ground with a small, triangular trowel.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 21 Sep. 2021
  • The outline of the triangular ribs of the building’s core can be seen from the ground looking up.
    — Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2024
  • The shape has six sides at the top and five sides at the bottom, and one of the sides had a triangular protrusion.
    — Avery Thompson, Popular Mechanics, 30 July 2018
  • From the middle of the head, part a triangular section from the crown to the ends of the eyebrow, and repeat on the other side.
    — Dory Zayas, Parents, 26 July 2024
  • There's an F1-style triangular brake light by the rear spoiler, and the 10-spoke wheels look sporty, too.
    — Joey Capparella, Car and Driver, 10 Mar. 2021
  • The triangular red flag is the most popular, followed by the US flag and the rainbow flag.
    — Anne Quito, Quartz, 31 Mar. 2022
  • For dessert, home in on the triangular Guyanese tarts filled with pineapple jam.
    — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2021
  • Sedge has that grass like look but is very shiny, upright and with a triangular stem and seed stalk.
    — Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 26 June 2021
  • One is triangular, one is half-moon, some are floor to ceiling and some are framed by gables.
    — Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 4 May 2022
  • The dangerous cane toad lacks these crests, and the glands on its head are long and triangular shaped, UF Wildlife says.
    — Tiffini Theisen, orlandosentinel.com, 3 Apr. 2019
  • Harmon wore a black and white checkered (of course) one-piece with a triangular cutout and black belt.
    — Andrea Wurzburger, Peoplemag, 14 Nov. 2022
  • The two-piece featured little triangular cutouts all over, and ties on the top and bottom.
    — Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 5 Sep. 2023
  • By the time someone heard his screams and shut off the power, his arm was limp, a deep triangular gash running down the length of it.
    — Hannah Dreier Meridith Kohut, New York Times, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Wedge pillows vary in size and are triangular-shaped to prop up the upper body.
    — Jamie Kim, Good Housekeeping, 18 Feb. 2021
  • The nail should form a triangular shape with two outer walls.
    — Alesandra Dubin, Good Housekeeping, 20 Apr. 2020
  • The triangular pattern extends from the left side of Momoa's head around his ear and down his neck.
    — Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 28 Apr. 2023
  • Point Hope is located near the tip of a triangular spit of land that juts out into the Chukchi Sea.
    — Kelly Field, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Nov. 2020
  • Begin a triangular fold by bringing the striped corner of the folded edge to the top edge.
    — Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 14 May 2019
  • Guests enter the triangular dwellings via a stairway to the entrance.
    — Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 22 Aug. 2023
  • There are the triangular windows tucked just under the eave-less gable roof line.
    — Sarah Bonnette | Contributing Writer, NOLA.com, 30 Dec. 2020
  • Part of the challenge was squeezing the villa on to the triangular, quarter-acre site.
    — Howard Walker, Robb Report, 23 Mar. 2021
  • In the most overt piece Watchtower In Riot, 2014, a triangular red flag flies at the top.
    — John Zotos, Dallas News, 1 Aug. 2019
  • The fist-sized triangular hoops that feature a gilded snake creeping out of the frame.
    — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 6 Dec. 2018
  • On one side of the body, [there is] a sinuous line with a triangular head, which could be described as a snake.
    — Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 26 Sep. 2019
  • Viewers could walk into a triangular area cut out of the work’s center, then breathe in the earthy aroma.
    — The Artnews Awards Jury, ARTnews.com, 4 Dec. 2024
  • Neanderthals made such tools by chipping away at flint to sharpen them into triangular shapes.
    — Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Dec. 2024

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