How to Use from top to bottom in a Sentence

from top to bottom

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  • Anyone who was around for the heyday of newspaper publishing will remember pages filled with ads from top to bottom, which is still the case for many papers running at the moment.
    — Sergii Denysenko, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
  • That is a wise strategy considering the Trinity League’s talent from top to bottom.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2024
  • Stand the pineapple on one end, then slice off the fruit's skin in strips from top to bottom.
    — Sheena Chihak, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 June 2024
  • Her lyric and melody was written from top to bottom in no more than an hour, right there on the spot.
    — Jem Aswad, Variety, 1 Dec. 2023
  • At the end of 10 minutes, remove the lid and use two large spoons to quickly turn the rice from top to bottom.
    — Debbie Moose, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
  • First, give the mower a good cleaning from top to bottom.
    — Kat De Naoum, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Apr. 2023
  • The flow of air in a plane cabin goes from top to bottom, not from front to back or vice versa.
    — Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Note that this recipe calls for halving the peppers from top to bottom.
    — Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 3 May 2024
  • The screen in the Nautilus measures 4.3 inches from top to bottom.
    — Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 22 Jan. 2024
  • Second is the lug-to-lug length, which is how long the watch is from top to bottom where the strap attaches.
    — Brad Lanphear, menshealth.com, 11 May 2023
  • Second is the lug-to-lug length, which is how long the watch is from top to bottom where the strap attaches.
    — Brad Lanphear, menshealth.com, 11 May 2023
  • Those over-the-knee sparkling cowboy boots that were studded from top to bottom.
    — Chaise Sanders, Country Living, 16 June 2022
  • Each letter’s code was then defined by the path from top to bottom.
    — Quanta Magazine, 31 May 2023
  • For an outside mount, do the same thing, just measure from the outside of the trim pieces from left to right and from top to bottom.
    — Katy Spratte Joyce, ELLE Decor, 5 Sep. 2023
  • The Red Sox escaped a Braves team that, from top to bottom, is the best team in baseball, with a series split.
    — Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 26 June 2023
  • Slide Rock is 80 feet long and features a 7% decline from top to bottom.
    — Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 10 July 2024
  • Using the knife in a sawing motion, curving with the shape of the orange, cut the pith and peel from top to bottom.
    — Sally Pasley Vargas, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Jan. 2023
  • Working from top to bottom means debris from the top will land on a dirty floor instead of a clean one.
    — Kelsey Mulvey, Southern Living, 29 Aug. 2023
  • Working from top to bottom means debris from the top will land on a dirty floor instead of a clean one.
    — Kelsey Mulvey, Southern Living, 7 Oct. 2024
  • Take your measurements from top to bottom and write them down.
    — Ann Friedman, The Atlantic, 11 Sep. 2023
  • Lay a square napkin facedown, and fold in half from top to bottom and again from left to right, forming a small square.
    — Maggie Burch, Southern Living, 24 Jan. 2024
  • This backpack comes with a U-zip back panel, which unzips from top to bottom to open the entire back of the bag.
    — James Lynch, Popular Mechanics, 6 July 2023
  • With that in mind, keeping your vents open will help keep the air moving from top to bottom quickly.
    — Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 6 Sep. 2023
  • When using a box grater, use the side with the largest holes and run the zucchini from top to bottom in a downward motion.
    — Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 27 June 2024
  • Set aside an afternoon and go shelf by shelf to empty your fridge from top to bottom.
    — Maggie Gillette, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Apr. 2024
  • While some are covered in bulging muscles from top to bottom, others are lanky and lean.
    — Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 25 Feb. 2023
  • Your paddle system has three parts: the paddles at the bottom, a length of rope in the middle, and a heavy weight that slides along the rope from top to bottom.
    — Rhett Allain, WIRED, 31 Oct. 2023
  • Work your way from top to bottom when applying the flocking, and work only on one section of the tree at a time.
    — Rachel Silva, ELLE Decor, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Its curled brush is inspired by hairstyling tools, so it’s designed to get every lash from top to bottom.
    — Talia Ergas, Travel + Leisure, 25 Apr. 2023
  • For a thousand years, locals have tamed the cliffs by terracing them with stone walls from top to bottom.
    — Julia Buckley, Travel + Leisure, 18 Nov. 2023

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