How to Use vertical in a Sentence

vertical

adjective
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  • The tronk is the vertical structure in the center of the castell that holds the most weight.
    — National Geographic, 31 July 2019
  • Kids like to try to run up the vertical sandy path at the front.
    — Dana Oland, idahostatesman, 21 May 2018
  • Tap the three vertical dots at the top right (a gear icon on some phones).
    — Simon Hill, WIRED, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Take a close look at his vertical jump in the video above.
    — Rhett Allain, WIRED, 25 Apr. 2018
  • On the left side, about a quarter of the way from the edge, draw a vertical line from the top to the bottom.
    — Robert Bateman, Esquire, 13 June 2013
  • The vertical wall of Half Dome’s western face blushed in the late sun.
    — Emily Pennington, Outside Online, 1 Feb. 2023
  • Among the events Baughs hopes to have success at will be the vertical jump.
    — Tim Bielik, cleveland.com, 2 Mar. 2018
  • This vertical growth habit means its spread is less than a third that of the species.
    — Bonnie Blodgett, Twin Cities, 15 Apr. 2017
  • When vertical, the camera will be on the right-hand side.
    — Jacob Krol, CNN Underscored, 6 Aug. 2020
  • Avoid visual clutter and let the bed frame take up the vertical space in the room.
    — Cori Sears, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Mar. 2024
  • This spinning rack makes the most of vertical space and can hold up to 24 pairs of shoes.
    — Hannah Jones, Country Living, 28 Feb. 2023
  • That may mean that vertical tabs will be confined to the left rail.
    — Mark Hachman, PCWorld, 30 Mar. 2020
  • Luke has like a 10-inch vertical and avoids driving to the basket like the plague.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun-Sentinel.com, 9 July 2018
  • Climbers jam hands and feet into finger- and fist-width cracks to inch their way up the vertical wall.
    — Fox News, 6 June 2018
  • And, due to the vertical bluff, there isn’t direct access to the beach either.
    — Mark David, Robb Report, 28 Oct. 2023
  • And King later rode back to Ojai on a longer, more vertical route.
    — Jordi Lippe-McGraw, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2021
  • The vertical control stick, the nerve center of the craft, was gripped between his knees.
    — Christoper Spregg, Popular Mechanics, 19 Aug. 2020
  • When the water is still very cold and bass are deep, drop a blade straight down and vertical-jig it in a fish’s face.
    — Dave Hurteau, Field & Stream, 22 Apr. 2020
  • Just got to get some more vertical movement and some more movement in the run game.
    — Jenna Ortiz, The Arizona Republic, 10 Sep. 2023
  • The south side, located in Nepal, is a near-vertical wall.
    — Ben Ayers, Outside Online, 19 Feb. 2022
  • Plus, the stand is height-adjustable and can swivel to vertical mode.
    — Nena Farrell, WIRED, 27 Nov. 2023
  • The whole point is to create enough vertical air space for a header or dunk.
    — Ben Cohen, WSJ, 2 July 2018
  • Then, fold the top half up to form a vertical triangle.
    — Maggie Burch, Southern Living, 24 Jan. 2024
  • The course has a total vertical drop of almost 2,700 feet.
    — Pamela Wright, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Jan. 2023
  • Cessa throws his slider, which has a unique vertical drop, over 60% of the time.
    — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 3 Aug. 2021
  • The region hadn’t flattened the curve, so much as erected a near-vertical line.
    — James Ross Gardner, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2020
  • In all the units, there is a bathroom with a walk-in shower that has vertical off-white tile on the walls and small, gray, square tile on the floor.
    — Benjamin C Tankersley, Washington Post, 13 Sep. 2023
  • One vertical leap or one 40-yard dash can put a player in the spotlight.
    — Joshua Gunter, cleveland, 27 Feb. 2020
  • Then use your vertical space by bringing in slim and tall trees.
    — Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 1 Feb. 2023
  • For Sanchez, that meant improving her vertical leap so more of her hits found the floor.
    — Dave Melton, chicagotribune.com, 3 Nov. 2021

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