How to Use geometry in a Sentence

geometry

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  • The bedspread’s abstract geometries echo those of the large painting on the wall.
    — Catherine Hong, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Aug. 2023
  • The speed of the greens, and lines that can sometimes defy the laws of geometry, present enough of a challenge.
    — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 6 Apr. 2022
  • But McLaren says the entire geometry is new, as are the types of carbon fiber, the resin, and the structural core.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 14 June 2022
  • The men are now progressing up to six full spins -- that's a 2160 for those who know their geometry.
    — Mark Osborne, ABC News, 5 Feb. 2022
  • The geometries of the cars themselves have become far more complex.
    — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 17 June 2024
  • The findings showed that both the beach's geometry and high water were the cause of beach erosion and rip currents.
    — Vanessa Swales, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 24 May 2022
  • The frequency can vary slightly due to the geometry of the Earth, moon and sun, as well as the Earth's axial tilt.
    — Tiffany Acosta, The Arizona Republic, 26 Mar. 2024
  • This geometry means the Perseids streak across the sky from the direction of the constellation of Perseus in the north (hence the shower’s name).
    — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 11 Aug. 2023
  • The secret to this simple Reed-Solomon code starts with two basic facts of geometry.
    — Patrick Honner, Quanta Magazine, 23 Jan. 2023
  • That geometry distributes the rotor’s weight and torquing forces and reduces the platform’s weight and thus its cost.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 23 Sep. 2023
  • The most important change for season three, though, is the thing that shifts the fundamental geometry of how the show works.
    — Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2021
  • The design itself is meant to represent the geometry of the Great Basin region.
    — Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 18 Apr. 2023
  • On the other side of Weil’s Rosetta stone was geometry.
    — Kevin Hartnett, Quanta Magazine, 6 May 2024
  • This wooden snake is both a fidget toy and a way to explore geometry.
    — Sabrina Rojas Weiss, PEOPLE.com, 21 Oct. 2021
  • Glass doors open out to a patio and a rectangular swimming pool designed to fit with the geometry of the site.
    — Nancy Keates, WSJ, 14 Sep. 2022
  • Appearing on the screen was a large, pale wedge of a building, shining in its modernist geometry amid a field of green.
    — Alice Gregory, The New Yorker, 18 July 2022
  • Taylor had always feared some kind of a slip, that moment when gravity and geometry align and the hero lands not on a stone but in the lava.
    — Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Aug. 2023
  • But Dan also liked that the Endurace’s geometry was more on the road side of the all-road spectrum yet could still handle some bigger tires.
    — Joe Lindsey, Outside Online, 30 Aug. 2021
  • And the blade geometry is simply perfect for the precise cuts needed when butchering ducks and geese.
    — T. Edward Nickens, Field & Stream, 5 Oct. 2023
  • The object, for which Ducrot patched scraps of silk and rough linen into abstract geometries, remains in service.
    — Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 22 July 2024
  • Your child can learn simple math and geometry, as well as gain confidence and a sense of pride from their creations.
    — Maya Polton, Parents, 26 Sep. 2023
  • There are so many bike geometries and measurements that the only way to ensure a perfect frame bag fit is to get a custom bag.
    — Maggie Slepian, Travel + Leisure, 5 Jan. 2024
  • Still, the Russian advances in recent weeks in the east and northeast are starting to alter the geometry of the front in dangerous ways.
    — Marc Santora Tyler Hicks, New York Times, 14 May 2024
  • The theater geometry may come to play a critical role here as well—the Russians have to win every time; the Ukrainians only have to win once.
    — Karolina Hird, Time, 3 Aug. 2023
  • The suspension geometry was conceived to provide minimal track and toe changes as the wheels move up and down.
    — Csaba Csere, Car and Driver, 7 Sep. 2023
  • For one thing, the geometry involved in assembling one can induce the cold sweat of a pop calculus quiz.
    — Maya Pottiger, Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2023
  • Entanglement, then, may undergird the structure of space itself, forming the warp and weft that give rise to the geometry of the world.
    — Adam Becker, Scientific American, 20 Jan. 2022
  • The report also showed that the high water and beach geometry caused erosion and rip currents.
    — Vanessa Swales, Journal Sentinel, 20 May 2024
  • Armed with new tech, DreamWorks hand-painted all of the environments, with brushstrokes giving the illusion of geometry and detail.
    — Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 27 Sep. 2024
  • The architects’ design riffs on the austere geometry of the pyramids, with its sharply intersecting limestone planes and triangular gardens.
    — Amy Bradford, Architectural Digest, 30 Sep. 2024

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