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Examples of angle in a Sentence
Mary Gilbert, CNN, 7 Apr. 2024
So, when their orbits cross paths during a new moon, the intersection usually happens at an angle.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2024
Both will tackle their subjects from unconventional angles.
—Ben Croll, Variety, 5 Apr. 2024
Buildings across the island nation tilt at odd angles and threaten to collapse as workers attempt to stabilize the structures.
—Chris Pandolfo, Fox News, 4 Apr. 2024
Planes will have to alternate between turning right or left in order to get the best angles for viewing the sun.
—Anna Gordon, TIME, 4 Apr. 2024
In the end, the film was still able to show a considerable amount of the terrifying scene, as a side angle of the female anatomy led to a compromise with the MPA’s ratings board.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Apr. 2024
The passing angles, the drives, the aggressiveness, all that stuff.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2024
Raw images show some barrel distortion at wide angles, the inward pincushion effect at longer focal lengths, and a vignette at f/2.8.
—PCMAG, 28 Mar. 2024
Leo Barraclough, Variety, 10 Apr. 2024
On that day, though, the camera was instead angled skyward as the asteroid-sized Phobos passed overhead.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2024
Goth’s character, Maxine, has reinvented herself as Maxine Minx, and is angling to make the jump from adult films to horror, and then finally, to total Hollywood stardom and domination.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 8 Apr. 2024
Each is angled away from the aisle with a fully closing door for more privacy.
—Rachel Dube, Robb Report, 3 Apr. 2024
The spectacular top floor is angled to parallel the Parthenon, which is visible through vast picture windows.
—Tony Perrottet, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Mar. 2024
The owner of the Washington Wizards and Washington Capitals has been angling to vacate the city’s Capital One Arena and move the teams to Virginia, potentially dealing another blow to a downtown already struggling with closures of restaurants and retail stores.
—Alan Rappeport, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2024
And some gang leaders do seem to be angling for a role in politics.
—Amy Wilentz, The Atlantic, 7 Mar. 2024
Rombach, who led the team, had been angling to leave for months, two sources said, first threatening to resign last summer because of the fundraising failures.
—Kenrick Cai, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
John Shea, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Apr. 2023
This is the gold standard, holy grail, I'll-think-about-it-constantly version of a black circle skirt, with ample volume and angled pockets for nonchalantly slipping your hands in.
—Halie Lesavage, harpersbazaar.com, 7 Apr. 2023
Each person with a 2023 angling license was allowed 10 pounds.
—The Oregonian, oregonlive, 30 Mar. 2023
The sides are angled up and away from the skillet and the edges are flared and rolled down.
—Rennie Dyball, Peoplemag, 29 Mar. 2023
For optimum air circulation throughout a small- or medium-size room, our experts recommend angling the head at 90 degrees.
—Lynn Redmile, Good Housekeeping, 27 Mar. 2023
As many as 46 bidders were angling Tuesday to buy a blue and red Credit Suisse ski hat, priced at 111 Swiss francs ($120) on online Swiss marketplace Ricado.ch.
—Anna Cooban, CNN, 21 Mar. 2023
Berger sat angled slightly away from Parrish with a towel draped over her head as her teammate fielded the first question.
—Brian Haenchen, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Mar. 2023
Connally, angling to impress Republican nominee Ronald Reagan in hopes he’d be named secretary of state or defense, asked leaders to send word to Iran not to release hostages before Election Day.
—Todd J. Gillman, Dallas News, 21 Mar. 2023
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Word History
Noun (1)
Middle English, "corner, recess, two lines extending from the same point," borrowed from Anglo-French angle, aungle, going back to Latin angulus "two lines extending from the same point, corner, nook," going back to Indo-European *h2eng-lo-, *h2eng-elo-, whence also Old Church Slavic ǫgŭlŭ "corner, angle," Russian úgol, genitive uglá, Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian ȕgao, ȕgla, Armenian ankiwn, and perhaps Germanic *ankula-, *ankila- ankle
Verb (1)
Middle English anglen "to meet at an angle," derivative of angle angle entry 1
Verb (2)
Middle English anglen, derivative of angel "fishhook," going back to Old English angel, ongel, going back to Germanic *angula- "hook, barb" (whence also Old Saxon angul "fishhook," Old High German, "hook, barb," Old Norse ǫngull "fishhook"), going back to Indo-European *h2enk-ul-ó-, derivative, perhaps diminutive, of a base *h2enk- seen also in the n-stem noun *h2enk-ón- (whence Old English anga "prick, goad," Old High German ango "sting, barb, door hinge," Greek ankṓn "bend, elbow"), suffixed in Greek ankýlos "bent, crooked, curved," and as an o-grade derivative in Greek ónkos "barb of an arrow," Latin uncus "curved at the extremities, hooked, a hook," and probably Sanskrit aṅkáḥ "curve, hook"; *h2enk- perhaps attested as a primary verb in Sanskrit áñcati, ácati "(it) bends, curves"
Note: Indo-European *h2enk- appears to be synonymous with the base *h2eng- —see angle entry 1, ankle.
Noun (2)
Latin Angli, plural, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English Engle Angles
Noun (1)
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Verb (1)
14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense
Verb (2)
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Noun (2)
14th century, in the meaning defined above
Phrases Containing angle
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Cite this Entry
“Angle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/angle. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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angle
1 of 3 noun
angle
3 of 3 verb
Noun
Middle English angle "corner," from early French angle (same meaning), from Latin angulus "angle"
Verb
derived from Old English angel "fishhook," from anga "hook"
Medical Definition
angle
noun
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