Sentence examples for oval from inspiring English sources

The word "oval" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it as a noun to refer to a shape that is rounded like an egg or a circle but that is pointed at both ends. For example, "We drew an oval around the object."

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oval

adjective

Having the shape of an oval.

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Pour in the soy milk and soy sauce, whisk gently for a minute, then divide the mixture between four individual shallow ovenproof dishes (16cm x 12cm oval ceramic dishes work well but similar-sized round ramekins are fine); the custard should come 1cm-1.5cm up the sides.

Winning a Cup race on a one-and-a-half-mile oval showed he could be successful on just about any track.

After the bulls had returned to the sanctity of their pen, at the far side of the oval, the runners quietly filed out towards the concessions stands, past an ambulance and a couple of wickedly-spinning mechanical bull rides that had few takers.

I'm just back from Perth where Stephen Smith and I had Australia-United States ministerial consultations … She stepped off her big plane, eyes hidden behind large-framed oval sunglasses, her hair pulled back, an outsize light blue jacket and black slacks.

Even Matt Prior, who had a mediocre series with the bat by his standards, still shepherded his side out of trouble when it was needed at Old Trafford and The Oval.

And there was an Adelaide Strikers-Hobart Hurricanes Big Bash League T20 cricket showdown at a sold-out Adelaide oval, while at Hindmarsh stadium, Adelaide United took on Wellington Phoenix in the A-League.

After KP's fireworks, second innings figures of 39.1 8 99-7 will have lifted the veteran left-arm spinner's spirits and, with three Oval fixtures to be played after the August Bank Holiday, might see him team up with Gareth Batty as a pair of Tyke Spin Twins far from home on traditional late season South London turners.

I'd hoped they'd escaped on foot and went looking for them at the village sports oval, where the locals who didn't evacuate were sheltering.

James Faulkner has certainly put himself in the mix for Brisbane with his performance at The Oval.

The tent city on the Galiwin'ku football oval was dismantled and packed up in preparation for the storm's arrival.

Ford's dramatic slide in the European market, for instance, came as the average age of its models rose to more than five years; it is now under half that, according to Martin Leach, chief operating officer of Ford Europe.Ford's problems affect more than the cars with a blue oval badge.

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