How to Use bisect in a Sentence

bisect

verb
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  • Draw a line that bisects the angle.
  • The city is bisected by the highway.
  • The new plant is on the east side of the railroad tracks that bisect the property from north to south.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Sep. 2022
  • The ridge bisects two steep, icy cliffs — the Willis and the Liberty walls — on the mountain’s north side.
    — Asia Fields, The Seattle Times, 6 June 2019
  • Santee is home to about 3.5 miles of the 52-mile San Diego River, which bisects the city.
    — Karen Pearlman, sandiegouniontribune.com, 4 Mar. 2018
  • Tom Rivera grew up two blocks away in a barrio on the south side of the railroad tracks that bisect the city.
    — Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2022
  • The carvings bisect the center of the face, continuing up the forehead and all the way around to the back of the skull.
    — Annalee Newitz, Ars Technica, 28 June 2017
  • An equinox occurs when the sun lines up so that the equator bisects it.
    — Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics, 18 June 2019
  • The edge of the circle of light cast by his desk lamp bisected Leif across his pale chest.
    — Caleb Crain, Harper's magazine, 22 July 2019
  • The fault lines vary in width and don’t always bisect the entire figure.
    — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 5 Aug. 2022
  • Michael DeWitt: Two train tracks bisect the county, just much like the two largest rivers run through the county.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Once inside, the space is bisected again by rough chain-link fence.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 13 Sep. 2019
  • Many have returned to the east side of the Tigris River that bisects the city, but portions of the west remain under siege.
    — Molly Hennessy-Fiske, latimes.com, 29 May 2017
  • The idea is to reunite the two areas of greenery bisected by Wilshire.
    — Bruce Haring, Deadline, 10 July 2024
  • Two large mounds bisect the fairway 300 yards from the tee, creating a blind second shot over the hill.
    — Michael Whitmer, BostonGlobe.com, 20 June 2019
  • The building’s front is bisected by a floor-to-ceiling pinewood door.
    — Suleman Anaya, New York Times, 3 May 2024
  • How to Get Around Cozumel is a small but well-maintained island with a ring road, as well as one that bisects the island.
    — Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 1 Mar. 2024
  • At two points these stairs bisect low stone walls that are an attractive part of the landscaping of the front yard.
    — James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 4 Feb. 2024
  • Three lots are on the opposite side of a wetland area, bisected by a stream.
    — David Anderson, The Aegis, 9 Mar. 2018
  • The creek bisecting the hole sits just a few feet in front of the putting surface and is particularly in play when the pin is on the left side.
    — Brent Kennedy, baltimoresun.com, 11 July 2018
  • The project, which is bisected by the trolley line, will feature a downtown-style main street.
    — Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 May 2024
  • The mayor's complex is a few hundred meters away, on the north side of Highway 10, whose four lanes bisect the city.
    — Elliot Ackerman, Esquire, 23 Mar. 2017
  • A 92-mph fastball to Detroit’s Justin Upton that bisected the middle of the plate.
    — Rustin Dodd, kansascity.com, 29 June 2017
  • The dream of a city where 8- and 80-year-old cyclists could bisect the center with confidence seemed a hundred years away.
    — Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Mar. 2021
  • From a rear wooden deck large enough to function as an outdoor kitchen, a stone path bisects the sprawling lawn.
    — Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 25 May 2023
  • The campus is bisected by the tracks of the local commuter-rail line—the stop, called Suzukichō, is a nod to the company’s co-founder.
    — Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 1 May 2018
  • Soon, a new railway aimed at boosting tourism and trade in the region will bisect the Calakmul Biosphere.
    — Emiliano Ruprah, Wired, 31 July 2021
  • A heavy black curtain bisects the industrial space from floor to ceiling, nearly from the front door to the back.
    — Wayne Curtis, WIRED, 30 May 2017
  • Griffiths said the plan is to build a low wall to bisect the room, creating not only a bar area but a three-person chef’s counter.
    — Michael Klein, Philly.com, 4 June 2018
  • The marshes—vast, open areas of green, grassy wetlands bisected by serpentine creeks, flooded daily by tides—line parts of coasts in the U.S. and many other countries.
    — Michael Adno, Scientific American, 25 June 2024

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