Sentence examples for points of a compass from inspiring English sources

First you tug it one of eight directions that correspond to the points of a compass.

Set like points of a compass on the four sides of the 65-foot-square garden, the structures echo the Gothic architecture of the adjacent cathedral.

Namely, using maps, atlases, globes and digital/computer mapping to locate countries and describe features studied, as well as using the eight points of a compass, four-figure grid references, symbols and keys (including the use of Ordnance Survey maps) to build their knowledge of the United Kingdom and the wider world.

The hall has round, arched openings from the first floor upwards, providing large gallery spaces, whilst its floor is decorated with a mosaic depicting the points of a compass.

This is used for remembering the points of a compass in clockwise order: North, East, South, and West.

And Sarkozy — if I had Sarkozy's soul, Carla Bruni would fly over, drawn to me like the arrow point of a compass, and get in my bathtub and sing".

With the point of a compass on one end point (say A) of the given segment (AB), measure the segment to the other end point (B) and keep this measurement for next step.

A sharp point, such as the tip of a compass used for drawing circles (optional).

Put the sharp point of a drawing compass on the edge of the paper, then use the pencil to draw a semicircle.

In the book, an 1851 romance, Hawthorne begins, "Halfway down a by-street of one of our New England towns, stands a rusty wooden house, with seven acutely peaked gables facing towards various points of the compass and a huge, clustered chimney in the midst".

The structure is a rusty wooden house, with seven acutely peaked gables facing towards various points of the compass, and a huge clustered chimney.