Sentence examples for against a corner of from inspiring English sources

Another, very different in structure, lays out a broad field of pastel Cubist planes against a corner of realistic old houses in black and white.

Remove the lid and place a small box (e.g. a matchbox or Altoids box) against a corner of the box.

Lay your paintbrush flat against the wall, starting at a corner of the room.

Have your dog sit with his back up against a wall or in a corner of a room.

Place your first metal sheet in a corner of the roof, flush against the surface.

For instance, place a bookshelf against a corner instead of in the center of the wall.

Michelle, the oldest of the four Terry children, pressed a knuckle against the corner of her eye, as if to ward off tears.

When they volunteer, they know that in any case they stand a fair chance of being knocked about by the police (usually explained away as "tripping on the stairs leading down to the cells" or "falling against the corner of a table in the charge office").

I was bending down to grab something, and when I straightened up cracked my skull against the corner of a table.

KABUL, Afghanistan — NATO forces said Thursday that they had unwittingly killed several women and children a day earlier during an early morning air attack against militants in a remote corner of eastern Afghanistan.

Mr. Hoeffner and about 20 other "hardy souls," as he calls the farmers huddled against a boarded-up corner of the Bronx Terminal Market, are now the only vestiges of a once-robust direct wholesale trade in local produce in New York City.