• He arranges thin rectangles, squares, triangles and trapezoids in complex patterns on the wall.
• The 2 X 0.5 m board was divided into four equal sections, with each section divided into 25 squares of equal size.
• In all the pieces, the 12 squares are subdivided into four equal sections by painted lines that stop short of the middle.

• The next morning, I head out early and stop first at Plaza Mayor, a huge square surrounded by some of the oldest buildings in the city.
• The center of town was a tree-lined square, surrounded by quaint-looking stores and antique shops.
• There will be free performances in the square every day next week, around lunch and tea-time.

Synonyms

• Consider, for example, the Pythagorean theorem that the square on the hypotenuse of a right triangle is equal to the sum of the squares on the other two sides.
• After giving further results of this type he gives his famous result that the distance that a body moves from rest under uniform acceleration is proportional to the square of the time taken.
• In other words, the square on the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares on the triangle's two legs.

• Hold a carpenter's square with the long tongue against the back wall and slide it into the corner.
• Be sure, therefore, that each line is running exactly along each arm of the square.
• Then mark the ends of the joists at this point and draw a line across them with a combination square.

• He's a plodding, conventional square, she's a get-ahead, modern girl who doesn't need to cling to conventional wisdom.
• Come on Maggie: don't be such a square.
• She called me so many things … she said I was old-fashioned, stubborn and a square for not allowing her to go.

Synonyms

• Mine was a lousy job. There must be a better way of making three squares a day.
• The concept of three squares a day is obsolete: the new theory calls for several smaller meals to keep your metabolism churning.
• My crew is pretty lucky, though - I like to see they get three squares a day.

• There are both round and square tables with excellent access for wheelchairs and walking frames.
• He sat down at the small, square table across from her, chuckling a little.
• In the middle of the room was a large square table.

Synonyms

• It has been estimated that an individual polar bear will cover an area equal to 259,000 square kilometres during its lifetime.
• Real estate agents said the four units have a total floor area of about 5,700 square feet.
• The two-storey Victorian property has 242 square metres of living space.

• Tack the lower two boards directly to your workbench to help hold the jig square.
• Nail a temporary brace diagonally across the unit to keep it square and stable.
• The doorframe must be as square as possible, so that the door seals tightly to the jamb and swings properly.

• Keep your hips square to the ceiling, and try to avoid letting your pelvis rotate.
• Use the 3-4 - 5 triangle technique to check that your lines are perfectly square.

• So in my eyes, we're square. All debts settled.
• ‘I need you to do one more thing for me,’ Xavier said. ‘Then we're square.’

• From now on, he would no longer be boring old Harry the square Republican.
• I was reminded of a study that suggests children who develop a fascination with celebrities are likely to be more popular and better adjusted than their squarer peers.
• I think he was either too square or too hip to even know who Mike Read was.

Synonyms

• At a time when recordings are showing the virtues of an airy, singer-centered style in Handel, the old square rhythm is hard to support.

• Sheldon grabbed a piece of wood, twisted her body around and hit the man square in the face.
• I punched him square in the face, but he did not let go.
• He turns around and kicks the photographer square in the forehead.

• He hit the right post with a penalty kick and the ball bounced almost square to the left.
• Ponting cracked 25 runs square on the leg side, and another 26 in the arc between midwicket and long on.
• In the 42nd minute, he blasted a free hit from the right into the circle, where Gordon Moore deflected square to give Western the lead.

• The island is particularly well known for its whaling boats, pointed at both ends (most Caribbean boats have squared keels) and up to about thirty feet long.
• The trigger is gently curved and smooth, as all good double action triggers should be, and the front of the trigger guard is squared slightly and grooved.
• Cut the roll into six equal pieces and square off the ends.

• If you square the radius times the pi, you will get the circle's space.
• Such a sequence consists of the remainders, or residues, after squaring consecutive whole numbers, then dividing them by a given prime number.
• ‘When air traffic doubles, the risk of collision is squared,’ he said.

• How will she square this with her conscience?
• All this and yet no one had the nerve to stand up and publicly ask the deceitful politician how he squared his public policy positions with his private life?
• He is asked how he can square the bellicose God of the Old Testament with his ideas on peace and love.

• Austin promised Telenor a consultancy invoice to square their accounts.
• Punishment was meted out to suit the offense; once it had been administered, the account was squared, and no wise clan lord or war leader continued to hold the past against his followers.
• If the other pitcher threw at one of your players, then you had to square the account.

• At the mention of such a grown-up task, Alex squared his shoulders and assented that yes, he had protected his mother from all sorts of dangers while his father was away.
• Sighing, I squared my shoulders and prepared myself for the nightmare soon to commence.
• At first Lydia was uncomfortable, but then she seemed to square her shoulders and prepare herself.

• It is an attempt to square their own backbenchers, but they have failed to satisfy them and we are now set for a battle royal.
• There was a time that, when a French president spoke - as long as the Germans were squared (and they usually were by the Franco-German axis) - he could presume to speak for the EU.
• Reynaud therefore decided that it would be necessary to get rid of both men, and he spent the following weeks squaring political heavyweights so as to isolate Daladier.

Synonyms

• Giggs was never going to be caught and he squared a ball into the centre at speed.
• A minute later Kendal's new recruit Simon Garner missed his tackle on the left and Craig Hopkins raced to the byline before squaring the ball to Taylor.

• Most of the charts had a square to the Moon and the planet squaring the Moon was Pluto or Uranus.
• It doesn't interest me what planets are squaring your moon.
• As it squares your natal moon in Scorpio, anything that affects your moon-ruled Cancer placements - sun, Mercury and Saturn - will hit you rather hard.