Sentence examples for parallel to the ceiling from inspiring English sources

Even when his space has shrunk to just a narrow box, Mr. Rigal can fold in two so that, with his shoulders on the floor and his torso upended, he has his knees in his face and his feet on the ceiling, and then he extends his legs until, parallel to the ceiling, they become for a while his body's topmost shelf.

The mirror is held directly above the eyes and parallel to the ceiling.

If your new wall will be parallel to the ceiling joists, skip this step.

Angle your ankle so that the inside of the foot is parallel to the ceiling.

Note that the protractor should be parallel to the ceiling and floor at this point.

Keep your feet almost together with your toes pointed and the soles of your feet parallel to the ceiling.

When Deborah and Daniel O'Keefe wanted to put bookshelves in their Mount Pleasant home, which was built in the 1760's, the carpenter asked if they wanted the shelves parallel to the floor or the ceiling, because it couldn't be both.

Rise up on your toes and extend 1 leg parallel to the floor or up towards the ceiling.

First, using a double Latin square design over 12 nights, traps were set at different heights on the veranda, with trap opening at 15, 30, 50, 100 and 150 cm above the floor (the maximum height that could be investigated was 150 cm as this was underneath the veranda ceiling and parallel to the opening of the eaves).

With your leg still bent at 90 degrees, lift one leg, pushing your heel to the ceiling until your thigh is almost parallel to the floor.

Try playing the whole riff, but bend your thumb backwards into the air, making the SIDE of the thumb be facing the ceiling, with the tip pointing in a direction parallel to the neck of the guitar.