ANGLE in a Sentence

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For ANGLE, below is one of 128 sentences:
It is this angle which contains the southern door, guarded by this wall, which commands it only a gun's length away.

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 Meanings and Examples of ANGLE
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angle
 n.  the space within two lines diverging from a common point; a viewpoint or standpoint
Classic Sentence: (109 in 8 pages)
1  But near the door there stood a little table, which formed an embarrassing angle with it, and barred the entrance.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XI—WHAT HE DOES
2  Behind the angle formed by the two streets, a man was standing erect against the wall.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER IV—FORMS ASSUMED BY SUFFERING DURING SLEEP
3  But behind each angle of the walls, behind each door, behind each tree, stood a silent man.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER IV—FORMS ASSUMED BY SUFFERING DURING SLEEP
4  Jean Valjean blew out the light and placed himself in this angle.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER V—A SUITABLE TOMB
5  He had just left behind a wood upon an eminence; and at the angle of the cross-road, by the side of a sort of mouldy gibbet bearing the inscription Ancient Barrier No.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER I—WHAT IS MET WITH ON THE WAY FROM NIVELLES
6  A severe facade rose above this door; a wall, perpendicular to the facade, almost touched the door, and flanked it with an abrupt right angle.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER I—WHAT IS MET WITH ON THE WAY FROM NIVELLES
7  Hougomont viewed on the map, as a geometrical plan, comprising buildings and enclosures, presents a sort of irregular rectangle, one angle of which is nicked out.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER II—HOUGOMONT
8  It is this angle which contains the southern door, guarded by this wall, which commands it only a gun's length away.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER II—HOUGOMONT
9  Cosette contracted herself into a ball, with anguish, within the angle of the chimney, endeavoring to gather up and conceal her poor half-nude limbs.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VIII—THE UNPLEASANTNESS OF RECEIVING INTO ONE'S H...
10  As we have just said, on catching sight of that black silhouette standing on guard at the angle of the Rue Droit-Mur and the Rue Petit-Picpus, he recoiled.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER III—TO WIT, THE PLAN OF PARIS IN 1727
11  There, at the angle of which we have spoken, it descended to such a degree that it consisted of merely a wall.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER IV—THE GROPINGS OF FLIGHT
12  Just after he had turned the inner angle of the edifice, he observed that he was coming to some arched windows, where he perceived a light.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER VII—CONTINUATION OF THE ENIGMA
13  He had scaled the wall of the garden which formed the angle of the Rue Polonceau.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER I—WHICH TREATS OF THE MANNER OF ENTERING A CONVEN...
14  The angle at which he saw everything began to be displaced anew.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER III—MARIUS' ASTONISHMENTS
15  In the angle opposite Grantaire, Joly and Bahorel were playing dominoes, and talking of love.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER IV—THE BACK ROOM OF THE CAFE MUSAIN
Example Sentence: (19 in 2 pages)
1  How you see the building depends on your angle of vision.
2  The windmill's sails are wooden vanes whose angle can be adjusted from inside the mill.
3  Seen from this angle the woman in the picture is smiling.
4  Tourists were scrambling over the rocks looking for the perfect camera angle.
5  The wall is leaning at such a dangerous angle that it wouldn't take much effort to push it over.
6  Hold the knife at an angle.
7  You didn't measure the angle accurately.
8  The picture was at a slight angle.
9  The plane started descending at a steep angle.
10  The steep rock seems to be growing at an angle.
11  Another accessory is a tripod, which is needed to prevent camera shake especially when the shutter speed drops below tenth second at a wide angle shot.
12  I waded knee-deep in its dark growth; I turned with its turnings, and finding a moss-blackened granite crag in a hidden angle, I sat down under it.
13  An angle is formed by the divergence of two straight lines.
14  Consider all angles of the question.
15  You need to consider the question from all angles.