Sentence examples for angle to the ground from inspiring English sources

I could see Sunstein coming toward me a block away -- bald and lean, his body tilted enthusiastically forward, at an angle to the ground.

The travois of the North American Indian was a sledge consisting of two transversely connected wooden shafts dragged at an angle to the ground.

Scholars interpret forty-five degrees as either a reference to New York City's proximity to the 45th latitude or that the burning buildings would fall, creating a 45 degree angle to the ground — even though they collapsed onto themselves.

They can in the mind of Giuseppi Zanotti, whose challenge to create extraordinary footwear led to the creation of a heel-less shoe, the foot tipped up at a right angle to the ground.

When handling a pin, I was to first secure the flag with the thumb of my hand pointing down, then remove the tip from the cup and flip the pole over at a 90-degree angle to the ground, clutching it upright against my chest rather than resting it across my shoulders so that it would not become "a weapon" that might cause unintended injury.

Sometimes the g-forces were lateral (if we took the turn without riding up the side of the track), other times vertical (if we rode up the track at a 90-degree angle to the ground).

If you're reading a respectable novel or an earnestly hefty historical biography, you hold it upright, in a proud right-angle to the ground.

Its muzzle was angled to the ground, unlike the forward-pointing snouts of most other dinosaurs.

These views may seem rather like what you sometimes see from the window of a plane, but the perspective is not that of ­someone looking at right angles to the ground.

You have to spray the flame at an angle level to the ground or higher, otherwise the fire will suck back into the container and blow the cap off.

Try to adjust the length of the garment's sleeves that your knot allows to hang so that your arm can hang at a roughly 90 degree angle (horizontal to the ground).