"Square" Example Sentences
1. The chessboard has 64 square boxes.
2. The town's central park has a fountain in the middle of a small square.
3. The army soldiers marched in perfect square formation.
4. The brick courtyard had cobblestone square tiles.
5. The roof of the house had four square chimneys.
6. I measured the floor with my square meter ruler.
7. The little girl held her mother's hand and skipped along the square.
8. The painter made clean, precise square strokes with his brush.
9. The dancing square formations moved in perfect synchronization.
10. The terrorists detonated the bomb in the crowded city square.
11. The boundaries of the farm field formed a large square shape.
12. Customers lined up in a square queue to wait for the shop to open.
13. She cut the fabric into neat square pieces for the patchwork quilt.
14. The square pillars held up the massive stone arches.
15. The paintings were hung in neat square frames on the wall.
16. The little boy built a tower out of square Lego blocks.
17. The architect drew up the blueprints showing a square shaped building.
18. The ballerina performed a perfect square posture during plié exercises.
19. The metal crate had square shapes punched into the sides for gripping.
20. The building had a square footprint that covered an entire city block.
21. The old man sat on the square park bench and fed the pigeons.
22. The pavement slabs were arranged in wide square shapes.
23. The offender stood in the wooden prisoner square dock in court.
24. The apartment tower had a square plan with corners facing the compass points.
25. The picnic blanket was folded into perfect square sections.
26. They marched the prisoners into four neat square rows in the exercise yard.
27. The doorway had a square oak frame made of solid timber.
28. The math problem asked him to find the area of a square.
29. All the tables on the patio were square shaped and low to the ground.
30. The robot arm ended in a square metal gripper.
31. The storm clouds formed a perfect square shape in the sky.
32. The square box contained a special gift for his birthday.
33. They navigated the square rigged sailing ship across the ocean.
34. The instructions told him to make a perfect square knot.
35. The town council met in the square chamber room.
36. The square plate with rounded corners sat on four small legs.
37. The demonstration marchers marched around the main town square.
38. The rambling ranch house had an unusual square shaped turret.
39. The building's blocky square shape resembled a concrete box.
40. We had to take a taxi because there were no square meters available.
41. The textured square tiles covered the floor from wall to wall.
42. The king and queen rode through the town square in an open carriage.
43. The gardener created a perfect square shaped flower bed.
44. We sat on the square outdoor terrace overlooking the sea.
45. The cafe tables were set out in a neat square formation on the patio.
46. The old theater was set around a large square stage.
47. The heavy metal cube had perfectly square edges.
48. The city was laid out in a neat square grid pattern.
49. He held the geometric square solid up to the light.
50. Each room in the house had perfectly square corners.
51. She cut the pastry into neat square shapes and baked them.
52. The dancers formed a large rotating square formation.
53. The soap on a rope hangs from a square wooden frame.
54. The carpenter's square is used for making square corners.
55. They assembled the square wooden crates to pack up their belongings.
56. The student used a square protractor to measure the angles.
57. The stalls in the market were arranged in neat square rows.
58. The stone flags formed square paving stones in the alleyway.
59. She has square shoulders from years of swimming.
60. The room was a perfect square 20 feet by 20 feet.
Common Phases
1.
Square one: The starting point, as in "We're back to
square one."
2.
Square peg in a round hole: Someone who doesn't fit in, as in "He's a
square peg in a round hole at that company."
3.
Square deal: Fair treatment, as in "I want a
square deal from the company."
4. Put someone in their place: Reprimand someone to show them their proper place, as in "The boss put him in his place."
5. Call someone's bluff: Expose someone as not being sincere, as in "The other player called his bluff."
6. So many
squares: An indication that something is very complex, as in "Tax laws are so many
squares!"
7. All
squared away: In order, ready, taken care of, as in "I've got everything
squared away for the trip."
8. Above board: Open, honest, legitimate, as in "I want to keep everything above board."
9. Even Steven: Equal, the same, as in "We're even Steven after that last hand."
10. Draw a line in the sand: Take a firm stance or set a boundary, as in "The teacher drew a line in the sand about cell phone use."
11. Take someone to the cleaners: Drain someone financially, as in "The lawyer took him to the cleaners in the divorce settlement."
12. Hit the nail on the head: Be exactly right, as in "Your analysis really hit the nail on the head."
13. Kill two birds with one stone: Achieve two purposes with a single action, as in "We can kill two birds with one stone by sending one email to both clients."
14. Pull/yank someone's chain: Tease or annoy someone, as in "Stop yanking my chain and be serious!"
15. Not playing with a full deck: Mentally impaired, as in "He doesn't seem to be playing with a full deck."