aslant

Example Sentences

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For me, his most fascinating and haunting piece is the 1927 "impression" for small orchestra, There Is a Willow Grows Aslant a Brook.

From The Guardian • Aug. 4, 2011

Aslant her cheek the brim of a straw hat threw a curve of shade, her ear glowed transparent in the sun.

From The Island Pharisees by Galsworthy, John

See! the sun smites With sea-drawn lights The turned wing of a gull that glows Aslant the violet, the profound Dome of the mid-June heights.

From Miscellany of Poetry 1919 by Seymour, W. Kean

Aslant the dew-bright earth and coloured air he looks in boundless majesty abroad, touching the green leaves all a-tremble with gold light.

From Meteorology or Weather Explained by M'Pherson, J. G.

I go from colonnade to colonnade In streets that Dante trod, and past the towers Aslant toward heaven, and listen to the hours Chimed by the bells of choirs where Dante prayed.

From Briefless Ballads and Legal Lyrics Second Series by Williams, James