Example sentences for: compass

How can you use “compass” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Each of the eight faces corresponds to a cardinal point on the compass and is decorated with an ornate frieze depicting the wind blowing from that direction.

  • Montréalers conveniently twist the compass by considering the St. Lawrence as “south” of the city; the roads parallel to the river are divided into “east” and “west” sectors by the Boulevard St-Laurent.

  • Whatever the reasons for this deplorable twist in public morality, America's loss of its moral compass is a tragedy even more consequential than Bill Clinton's adultery.

  • Fodor's solidity and unapologetic stodginess warm my heart, but its Compass American book can't make up in literary savvy what it lacks in maps and practical information.

  • ) Similarly, lip salve is insincere flattery, though it may be enjoyed by the recipient nonetheless as a form of ear candy . Lip , with its satisfying mouthfeel (to use the jargon of the food-service industry) and its still-obvious link to an elemental root (the Indo-European leb , with the connotation ""), has formed numerous slang combinations whose meanings touch all the compass points of verbal intention.


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