Sentence examples for by a compass from inspiring English sources

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"I'd just read something about Einstein being inspired by a compass he'd been given as a child," he said.

As if drawn by a compass, a sweater would also find synergy between arms and torso, while a top in cashmere felt held its rounded shape without weight.

Note that magnetic north (as measured by a compass) differs from geographic north, which corresponds to the planet's axis of rotation.

When they opened the gate, the dog barked wildly and charged them, quickly using up its length of chain; its neck snapped and the barking stopped, and when the dog regained its feet it followed them in a semicircle, as if tracing a path drawn by a compass.

Their analysis is supported by a spreadsheet produced by a Compass employee, which compared prices paid by the joint venture to those of another supplier in the region, which appears to show KMGSC was being overcharged by almost $600,000£400,00000) a year on foodstuffs ranging from chicken fillets and beef shoulder to bananas and dumplings.

Subsequent efforts to compensate South Carolina by continuing the westward line slightly north of the 35th Parallel were similarly jinxed, this time by a compass-deflecting magnetic anomaly west of present-day Charlotte, N.C., that skewed the boundary slightly northwest, carving thousands of acres out of what was supposed to be North Carolina.

The 3D view (which you can yaw by sliding two fingers up or down on either end of the screen) is entertaining – more so if you turn on the satellite imagery – and you can also rotate the maps with two fingers, or bring them back to true north by tapping a compass.

You can easily stay on course by using a compass.

Craft a map by placing a compass in the center of a crafting table, with paper surrounding it.

You can show the orientation of your map by adding a compass rose on some portion of the blank space.