How to Use parallel in a Sentence

parallel

1 of 3 adjective
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  • These two sentences are parallel in structure.
  • Notice the parallel development of the two technologies.
  • The plight of Black and Brown folks in the U.S., have been parallel in a way.
    — Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 4 May 2023
  • How to use the viewer: With your back to the sun, hold the tube parallel to the path of the sun.
    — The Enquirer, 7 Apr. 2024
  • The left knee will be bent, the right heel is down, the right foot is parallel to the back of the mat.
    — Angela Peterson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2018
  • While you’re at it, swing the dugouts out parallel with the foul lines.
    — Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, 17 June 2018
  • Spread out the hide, flesh-side up, and with your knife, slice holes parallel to the edge of the hide.
    — Tim MacWelch, Outdoor Life, 24 Dec. 2020
  • Then make two parallel cuts 12 to 24 inches from the tip of the branch.
    — Lynn Coulter, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Mar. 2023
  • In a sit spin, the upper part of the leg not on the ice needs to be at least parallel to the ice.
    — Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 3 Feb. 2022
  • Could a new rail line be built parallel to the freight tracks?
    — Steve Harrison, charlotteobserver, 27 Oct. 2017
  • Its body consists of a series of parallel tubes that form the wall of the bag.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 21 June 2019
  • If the saw held true along the cut, that told us that its shoe edge and blade are parallel.
    — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 9 July 2019
  • My phone call was very parallel to Neal’s call back in the day.
    — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 28 July 2023
  • Bring it parallel with the water on one side of you and then the other.
    — Jesse Pearson, latimes.com, 11 July 2019
  • In this case, the cargo could be laid out in parallel or in a straight line.
    — Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 9 Oct. 2018
  • The boundaries of the court are the baseline (the line that runs parallel to the net on each side) and the sideline (along the length of the court on each side).
    — Jenny McCoy, SELF, 14 June 2023
  • At first, the trail runs parallel to Route 6, but the traffic hum soon fades.
    — Pamela Wright, BostonGlobe.com, 16 July 2019
  • In this parallel world, lupine lore tells of a human child who will speak for the wolves.
    — Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 2 Sep. 2022
  • That line runs parallel to the Epcot spur for a stretch.
    — Dewayne Bevil, orlandosentinel.com, 26 Sep. 2019
  • The show follows a group of kids and adults that battle the forces of a parallel universe.
    — Marianne Garvey, CNN, 15 Aug. 2022
  • About a month ago, Becky, the neighbor who lives on the street that is parallel to mine, stopped by.
    — Byron McCauley, Cincinnati.com, 12 Sep. 2019
  • Try to keep your back flat and parallel with the floor and hips square rather than tilted.
    — Jen Murphy, WSJ, 17 Oct. 2020
  • The plan, conceived more than a decade ago, calls for a new two-track span parallel to the Long Bridge.
    — Luz Lazo, Washington Post, 29 Aug. 2023
  • To try this trick, hold the flashlights upright, parallel to the wall.
    — Brigitt Earley, Good Housekeeping, 2 Sep. 2020
  • Then, lift your top leg up and down, keeping it parallel to the floor.
    — Leah Prinzivalli, SELF, 16 June 2018
  • Using your off hand to lift the hide and your knife hand to make cuts parallel to the meat, begin to peel away the hide.
    — Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Keep your chest up, bend your knees and push your hips back until the back of your thighs are parallel with the floor.
    — Kelly Dinardo, Star Tribune, 11 Sep. 2020
  • Your torso should be almost parallel to the floor, and the weights should reach your shins.
    — Jenny McCoy, SELF, 6 Nov. 2023
  • This used to be a block full of prostitutes, and the parallel block on 12th Street, that was where all the pimps worked on the corner.
    — Andrew Marzoni, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2023
  • Then lift both knees until your shins are parallel to the floor.
    — Lauren Bedosky, Outside Online, 18 Nov. 2020
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parallel

2 of 3 noun
  • These myths have some striking parallels with myths found in cultures around the world.
  • There are many parallels between the stories.
  • Most of the United States is south of the 49th parallel.
  • The more fibers working in parallel, the greater the force.
    — Rhett Allain, Wired, 7 Apr. 2021
  • The video draws a parallel to the last year and a half in lockdown.
    — Daniela Avila, PEOPLE.com, 13 Aug. 2021
  • And this part, there’s a rough parallel to the web, right?
    — Recode Staff, Recode, 17 July 2018
  • Hold the file along the bevel but with the file’s edge parallel to the chisel.
    — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 7 June 2023
  • At the convention, the cast and crew for the show spoke about how the show draws parallels with the present day.
    — Andrew Liptak, The Verge, 20 July 2019
  • Is there a parallel to be drawn to the erotic stories in the ?
    — Norman Vanamee, Town & Country, 16 Mar. 2020
  • The black car pulled up parallel to the Forester and Anderson got out of the car.
    — oregonlive, 7 Apr. 2023
  • For all the rest of the cuts, insert your knife under the hide and cut parallel to the meat or away from the meat.
    — Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Which has good things and bad things, but there are a lot of parallels.
    — Eric Johnson, Vox, 26 June 2019
  • Well, there's a lot of parallels in the moments, the challenges.
    — Fox News, 17 May 2018
  • But the parallels between the killers in Allen and Sutherland Springs are thin.
    — Todd J. Gillman, Dallas News, 11 May 2023
  • Slice through the bottom of the meat with your knife parallel to the bone, angling straight down.
    — Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Oct. 2022
  • But then there’s this, running parallel to the lure of speed: A cook’s joy.
    — Alex Van Buren, idahostatesman, 22 Feb. 2018
  • But all of them can—and in fact are—acting in parallel.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 10 May 2022
  • There's not an exact parallel in the way the right and the left seek out like-minded news sources.
    — Nicholas Kristof, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Feb. 2018
  • Holding a sharp knife parallel to the beef, slice it in half width wise.
    — Claire Perez, Sun-Sentinel.com, 6 Oct. 2017
  • That thing where the car parallel parks itself for you.
    — River Clegg, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2023
  • Raise your arms outward to the sides until parallel to the floor.
    — Andi Breitowich, Women's Health, 11 May 2023
  • But, other than the fact that the worlds come from the same mind, what other parallels do these two towns share?
    — Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen, 10 May 2019
  • Place them above the knives and spoons, with your wine glasses roughly stacked parallel to the spoon.
    — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 19 Dec. 2022
  • In fact, some of the parallels between the bomb and our new AI brains are uncanny.
    — Kc Cole, WIRED, 14 July 2023
  • The shift to video therapy is more than just a work-at-home parallel.
    — Annie Vainshtein, SFChronicle.com, 27 Mar. 2020
  • The mine case is a close parallel to that of Snail Darters versus the Tellico Dam.
    — Robert Kunzig, Scientific American, 17 Oct. 2023
  • Bend your front knee to lower your back knee toward the ground, and aim to get your front thigh parallel to the floor (b).
    — NBC News, 1 Feb. 2018
  • Keeping your chest parallel to the ground, lift your right foot off the ground and drive right knee to touch your right elbow.
    — Brett Williams, Men's Health, 7 Dec. 2022
  • Each part of the data was taken parallel to the others.
    — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 18 Aug. 2022
  • And Bishop Dolan thinks there are parallels between the two days.
    — Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 14 Feb. 2024
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parallel

3 of 3 verb
  • The highway parallels the river.
  • Spending is paralleled by an increase in the number of loans given.
  • Their test results parallel our own.
  • Rising prices parallel increasing fuel costs.
  • Pull it in, back it in, and find a place to parallel park the car.
    — Houston Chronicle, 9 Mar. 2018
  • The tiny sprouts in the foreground parallel the mature trees in the background to the left.
    — Danny Wilcox Frazier, Smithsonian, 21 Feb. 2018
  • But, of course, there are lots of things that aren't parallel.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 17 Oct. 2023
  • Turn right again as the main trail swings around to parallel Plaza del Amo.
    — Charles Fleming, latimes.com, 14 June 2019
  • But for that to translate to wins, the defense needs to parallel that.
    — Katherine Fitzgerald, The Arizona Republic, 14 Aug. 2020
  • Bend your knees to sit into a deep squat with your thighs parallel to the ground.
    — Elizabeth Narins, Cosmopolitan, 28 June 2016
  • Raise your arms to chest height with your palms parallel to each other (a).
    — Daily Burn, Health.com, 3 Oct. 2017
  • Push your butt back and bend your knees to squat down to parallel (or the most comfortable depth for you) and pause for a beat.
    — Men's Health, 5 May 2023
  • The campground paralleled a low canyon, the wall lifting abruptly up from a patch of tents and shiny camper vans.
    — Alli Harvey, Anchorage Daily News, 10 May 2018
  • Kick the leg out directly in front of you, keeping it straight and parallel with a flexed foot.
    — Michelle Ward Trainor, PEOPLE.com, 14 Feb. 2018
  • Keep your head parallel to your arms and your spine elongated through the neck.
    — Hayden Carpenter, Outside Online, 9 Aug. 2019
  • The attack-ad scene parallels one from the show’s pilot, in which the premise is introduced.
    — Niela Orr, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2023
  • On the par-4 fourth, which parallels the ocean, his tee shot went left and a course marshal waved both of his orange paddles to the left.
    — USA TODAY, 27 Jan. 2018
  • The entrance to the trails is a walk along a grassy path that parallels a hay field teeming with birds and butterflies.
    — Peter Marteka, courant.com, 28 June 2019
  • That parallels the trend indoors — both in furnishings and in the kitchen.
    — Elaine Markoutsas, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
  • From the Keys, the storm will make a turn north into the Gulf of Mexico and parallel the west coast of Florida.
    — Brian Dakss, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2021
  • The control structure is a concrete weir that parallels the river for a mile and a half.
    — Littice Bacon-Blood, NOLA.com, 7 Mar. 2018
  • Bring tension to the tubes by stepping out and parallel to your anchor.
    — Jenny McCoy, SELF, 6 Feb. 2018
  • City officials closed off a section of the public trail along the beach that parallels the tracks.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Apr. 2023
  • It’s not lost on Sarah how her story parallels Carter’s.
    — Stephanie Emma Pfeffer, Peoplemag, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Even talking to you about all of this, I’m reminded of all these life parallels.
    — Michael Loré, Robb Report, 14 June 2023
  • Place sheets of dough parallel to each other, aligning on a longer edge.
    — Nancy Stohs, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 29 Nov. 2019
  • The duo met on the course but quickly learned that their lives paralleled, and they were headed for self-destruction.
    — Gary Curreri, sun-sentinel.com, 18 July 2019
  • Hold the resistance band in both hands (together or apart), arms extended in front of you and parallel to the floor with the band taut.
    — Christine Yu, Outside Online, 10 Apr. 2018
  • Once thighs are about parallel with the floor, press through feet to return to standing position.
    — Andi Breitowich, Women's Health, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Within a half mile, the trail parallels the Walker Lake cinder cone.
    — Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 5 Aug. 2023

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