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Example sentences for "either direction"

  • But as the position of the corners was uncertain these figures are no doubt somewhat in error in either direction.

  • Consequently, on account of the mud, excavations could not be carried fully to the end in either direction.

  • There is an easy passage to and from the Gasconade, which flows at the foot of the bluff; and a good path in either direction to the top of the hill.

  • If the market ratio shifts slightly in either direction, one of them will drop out of the exchange.

  • In fact no such extreme is even remotely approached, for a slight movement of money in either direction at once influences prices and sets in motion counteracting forces.

  • An extreme analogy in either direction is misleading.

  • Reversing engine, a steam engine having a reversing gear by means of which it can be made to run in either direction at will.

  • Reversible lock, a lock that may be applied to a door opening in either direction, or hinged to either jamb.

  • By properly timing the succession of flashes the wheel is made to appear to be motionless, or to rotate more or less slowly in either direction.

  • At this period the drainage of the summit level might easily have been determined in either direction, and the opposite descents of the valley made to culminate at the north or at the south end of the level.

  • At this period, the drainage of the summit level might easily have been determined in either direction, and the opposite descents of the valley made to culminate at the north or at the south end of the level.

  • And surely water competition, when present, should be potent in either direction.

  • Rates to these cities, elsewhere described,[468] as well as from these cities out in either direction, are very much higher than the rates for longer distances through them and beyond.

  • The peculiarity of the situation is that competitive traffic for the East may leave Pittsburg in either direction.

  • It is also apparently true that the reduction of cotton rates in this section, while considerable, had been much less rapid than that of the rates upon grain from Chicago to the seaboard in either direction.

  • There was no sign of espionage in either direction.

  • The entrance of the Sphere building was brightly lighted and people were constantly passing in either direction.

  • Evidently the stores and shops had not yet opened, for there was no sign of life in either direction.

  • He walked away from the window and stood at the curb, scanning the street in either direction.

  • The switches are so constructed that they may be turned in either direction, thereby permitting them to be turned quickly from the highest resistance in any dial to the lowest resistance in the same dial.

  • The best lead to give to the brushes can in all cases be found by rotating the rocker and brushes in either direction to the right or left of the neutral plane until sparking commences, increasing with the movement.

  • The brushes are held in the brushholders radially and work equally well with armature running in either direction.

  • That point in the turn of a crank where the piston has no effective pull in either direction.

  • This form of rack may be modified so that an alternate circular motion will be produced during the movement of the rack in either direction.

  • The jumps can be made in either direction, and a frog may jump over his own or the opposite colour, or both colours.

  • You can, of course, perform the operation in either direction; but, in order to avoid negative numbers, it is more convenient simply to deduct the middle number from the sum of the two extreme numbers.

  • It will be seen that it does not matter whether the four passed over are standing alone or piled; they count just the same, and you can always carry a cheese in either direction.

  • The moves or leaps may be made in either direction that is at any time possible.

  • They turned in either direction, but more frequently to the left, that is, anticlockwise.

  • The difficulties of getting conclusive evidence in either direction will be considered in connection with the results themselves.

  • Like other peoples, we also sway between the two, inclining now to one side, now to the other; but the departure from the normal in either direction is never very great.

  • Although inevitable, the compromise is unsatisfactory, and yields but partial results in either direction.

  • Far down below was the same struggling energy, the same gangs of upright human ants, the "cut" with its jangle and jar of steam-shovels and trains still stretching away endless in either direction.

  • But the traverse is a School gait rarely needed on the road, and a horse may be trained to entire usefulness without being able to traverse, as a gait, if he can willingly make a few quick side steps in either direction.

  • After a few days, you will find that Nelly will side step very nicely, one or two steps at a time, and before long she will do so in either direction.

  • The perfect saddle horse should be able to swing his croup about in a complete circle, of which one fore foot is the immovable centre, or his forehand about the proper hind foot, in either direction at will.

  • You cannot, however, consider her as perfect until she can handily complete the circle, with the opposite fore foot immovably planted, in either direction at will, and without disturbing her equilibrium.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "either direction" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    complete rout; either actually; either bank; either belligerent; either branch; either case; either country; either directly; either end; either flank; either foot strikes the; either fresh; either good; either hand; either house; either husband; either simple; either through; good actions; highly dependent; market price; other object; sift flour; social organisation; special study; well knowne