Sentence examples for placed on end from inspiring English sources

Bricks should be placed on end (masons refer to bricks in this position as "sailors").

The drawn elements seem to fold and wheel in space, like two big, off-register charts of the Big Bang placed on end.

Plump mussels in a delicious red curry-coconut broth were not heaped in a pile but placed on end in a single layer in a flat bowl.

Others charge more for goods placed on "end caps"—displays at the end of the aisles which they reckon to have the greatest visibility (although some experts say it all depends on the direction in which people gyrate around a store and opinion on that is also divided).

Each side of the passageway is lined with thin limestone slabs known as orthostats, placed on end and up to 5 feet high with a coursed dry-stone infill between the slabs.

Take a short pencil or stick, long enough to prop the box open when placed on end inside the box, yet short enough to lie flat inside the box when the lid is closed.

Alternatively, in appropriate cases, a stronger emphasis may be placed on end-of-life discussions, resulting in elimination of care deemed unnecessary.

The performance will take place on March 23.

They will now take place on January 15th.

Their wedding took place on June 16.

The elections took place on October 25.