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Discover LudwigThe phrase "at a diagonal" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe the orientation or direction of an object or line that is not horizontal or vertical, but rather slanted or angled.
Example: "The picture was hung at a diagonal on the wall, creating a unique visual effect."
Alternatives: "in a diagonal line" or "at an angle".
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16 min: Podolski throws his leg at a diagonal cross but fails to connect.
Oak floors throughout the second and third floor run at a diagonal.
"The way the view is set at a diagonal looking west over Paris was quite radical for its time".
He looks back, past the Mercedes, to his own car where it's parked at a diagonal across the road.
The elements are masterfully balanced and aligned to create a cohesive composition, and the tilting at a diagonal angle energizes the space.
In Christopher Wheeldon's equally new but comic "Variations Sérieuses," the set simulates a backstage area and a stage on which dancers perform at a diagonal.
Dispersed through this story, and often at a diagonal to it, are bar-room opinions that yet do not amount to a reactionary programme.
Sometime in the blur of November, I witnessed Martin hit the line and slash at a diagonal, bouncing off bodies, efficiently gaining a few extra yards.
It runs at a diagonal partway across the state and then turns due south, meeting the Mississippi north of St . Louis
She does this for 15 repetitions per leg and then repeats the routine, this time with each leg alternately angled outward at a diagonal.
Lest there be any mistake about the transition from new to old, the box was set at a diagonal from the original house and wrapped around one of its corners, the new literally encasing the old.
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