Sentence examples for point downward from inspiring English sources

Although young specimens are spherical, fruit body development involves the outer layer of tissue splitting open like a star into 7 to 10 pointed rays that eventually bend back to point downward, revealing a small – 1-2.5 cm broad – spore sac.

The five lobes of the corolla (the structure formed by the petals) are turned backward, and the flowers point downward.

In infrared spectra the absorption peaks point downward because the vertical axis is the percent transmittance of the radiation through the sample.

These lights are trained upward on the architectural details and light sculpture, while additional halogen spotlights on tubular fixtures point downward on display cases.

Such figures far exceed the Gramm-Rudman targets, but economists said they still point downward and that in relation to a growing economy, they are already proportionately smaller than last year's.

I stood on the sand in my wet suit while Nas described a four-step process to get up on the board: toe tips point downward, push up with the hands, thrust the buttocks into the air, and then swing the feet into position.

Both the cap and the stem are covered in small, pointed scales that are pointed downward and backward.

Fittingly, Sarastro's costume incorporates an upward-pointing triangle; the Queen of the Night's triangle points downward.

The band members looked industrious yet casual, eyes pointed downward.

At Thirty-ninth Street, the little girl pointed downward.

Four junior naval officers in brilliant white uniforms stood guard with swords pointing downward.