Sentence examples for hold it parallel from inspiring English sources

I especially love the way a dancer will lift a flexed foot, hold it parallel to the floor and then bring it down so that its sole slaps the ground like a cymbal.

Hold it parallel to the ground.

Hold it parallel to the ground or angle it slightly upward.

Take the lit match or lighter and hold it parallel to table, with the lit end pointing at the end of and just below the wick.

He straightened the patient's arm and held it parallel to the floor.

If you have an assistant, have the assistant thread a pencil or dowel through the filler spool, holding it parallel to the direction of the reel spool.

Alternatively, you can simply comb the area in which you wish your parting to be over your head (backwards, following the natural direction of your scalp); then, holding one side down with your fingers, slide the comb through your hair which holding it parallel to your hair's direction, and comb downwards.

Hold it as parallel with the side of the cabinet as possible so it's close to 90 degrees to the face frame of the cabinet.

You should hold it about 20° below parallel.

Using the level's corner as your pivot point, hold the it parallel with the ground.

Two weeks later, on 25 March, Momentum will hold its first national conference, also in Birmingham, building on the events it held in parallel with Labour's annual conference in Liverpool in September.