- present participle of slant.
slanting
Example Sentences
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Soldiers cordoned off the area before using dynamite to blast the first ruined building apart -- a 12-story residential tower that had partially collapsed and was slanting toward the street.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
Their architect, Michael Lehrer, created a striking design with a butterfly roof slanting up in two directions from the center, zigzag walls and picture windows front and back.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
The slanting sides of the work appear as a yawing, rusted ship.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025
As summer progresses, the dangling seed heads fade to a warm straw and are beautiful when backlit in the slanting light of autumn.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 7, 2023
I thought of the writing-desk in the morning-room, the docketed pigeon-holes all marked in ink by that slanting pointed hand.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
