How to Use from top to bottom in a Sentence

from top to bottom

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  • The Knicks, from top to bottom, know this all too well.
    — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Wipe your baseboards from top to bottom.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 23 Apr. 2026
  • All this tree’s limbs had been removed and its trunk looked charred from top to bottom.
    — Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2026
  • Always clean from top to bottom for a streak-free finish.
    — Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 24 Aug. 2025
  • Stand the pineapple on one end, then slice off the fruit's skin in strips from top to bottom.
    — Sheena Chihak, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 June 2024
  • Note that this recipe calls for halving the peppers from top to bottom.
    — Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 3 May 2024
  • Each letter’s code was then defined by the path from top to bottom.
    — Quanta Magazine, 31 May 2023
  • Take your measurements from top to bottom and write them down.
    — Ann Friedman, The Atlantic, 11 Sep. 2023
  • Along the route, the vehicles are swept from top to bottom.
    — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Balayage adds a touch of shimmer from top to bottom.
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Here’s how to use vinegar to clean your shower from top to bottom.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 20 June 2026
  • There is the slightest taper from top to bottom.
    — Kathryn O’Shea-Evans, Robb Report, 8 Nov. 2025
  • The field is staked from top to bottom, but one former winner will not play.
    — John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Instead, from top to bottom, the ice moves as a block toward the ocean.
    — Bypaul Voosen, science.org, 6 Feb. 2025
  • Her lyric and melody was written from top to bottom in no more than an hour, right there on the spot.
    — Jem Aswad, Variety, 1 Dec. 2023
  • Those over-the-knee sparkling cowboy boots that were studded from top to bottom.
    — Chaise Sanders, Country Living, 16 June 2022
  • Roll the packet from top to bottom, unroll it, then roll it up from side to side.
    — Cody Godwin, USA Today, 13 May 2025
  • Aim the steamer’s nozzle about two steps away from the wall, and steam from top to bottom.
    — Rae Ford, Martha Stewart, 19 Feb. 2026
  • The flow of air in a plane cabin goes from top to bottom, not from front to back or vice versa.
    — Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Aphids can be green, white, peach or black and line the stems of plants starting with new growth from top to bottom.
    — Erica Browne Grivas, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 July 2025
  • Set aside an afternoon and go shelf by shelf to empty your fridge from top to bottom.
    — Maggie Gillette, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Apr. 2024
  • And our district is tough — from top to bottom every team has improved this year.
    — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Sep. 2025
  • While some are covered in bulging muscles from top to bottom, others are lanky and lean.
    — Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 25 Feb. 2023
  • The Mission League is armed from top to bottom to take on any and all teams.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2025
  • One pant leg was plain denim, while the other had white graphics from top to bottom.
    — Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The edges got sharper with this set, showing off a square toe and a block heel which widened from top to bottom.
    — Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
  • The result is smoother, more consistent snow across the slopes from top to bottom.
    — Taryn White, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
  • They’re designed to cover a snow pile about the length of a football field from top to bottom.
    — Evan Bush, NBC news, 27 Mar. 2026
  • With that in mind, keeping your vents open will help keep the air moving from top to bottom quickly.
    — Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Working from top to bottom means debris from the top will land on a dirty floor instead of a clean one.
    — Kelsey Mulvey, Southern Living, 7 Oct. 2024

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