DIAGRAM in a Sentence

Learn DIAGRAM from example sentences, some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

For DIAGRAM, below is one of 20 sentences:
Now go back to the diagram at the top of the page and trace through the cycle of the alternation of generations.

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 Meanings and Examples of DIAGRAM
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
diagram
 n.  graph; chart; figure or drawing made to illustrate a statement; plan
Classic Sentence:
1  She read the cookbook again and, like a child with a picture-book, she studied the diagram of the beef which gallantly continues to browse though it is divided into cuts.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
2  Here is a popular scientific diagram, a weather record.
The Time Machine By H. G. Wells
Context  Highlight   In I
3  When he had written this title and drawn an ornamental line underneath he fell into a daydream and began to draw diagrams on the cover of the book.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
4  The matter looked dreary reading enough, with illustrative diagrams and repulsive tables of figures, and the copy was sixty years old.
Heart of Darkness By Joseph Conrad
Context  Highlight   In II
5  There was no obvious questioning, nor figurings, nor diagrams.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 23
Example Sentence:
1  Compare this system to the one shown in diagram B.
2  The data can be represented graphically in a line diagram.
3  Draw a simple diagram of the leaf structure.
4  All this information can be conveyed in a simple diagram.
5  He is drawing a diagram, showing how the machine works.
6  The lecturer illustrated his point with a diagram on the blackboard.
7  I can't see the relationship between the figures and the diagram.
8  The diagram illustrates how the aid of theories provided by monolingual studies was used to investigate reading development in bilingual settings.
9  The pie diagram shows the level of spending on health in Japan.
10  In working out the solution to this logic puzzle, you may find it helpful to construct a simple schematic diagram outlining the order of events.
11  Now go back to the diagram at the top of the page and trace through the cycle of the alternation of generations.
12  I understand the text but the diagrams are confusing me.
13  Ensure that your diagrams contain the appropriate level of detail.
14  The computer reproduced the data as a set of diagrams.
15  Don't clutter the page with too many diagrams.