aslant

Example Sentences

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Around midafternoon I stopped to eat in La Reforma, a small town aslant on the mountainside, scattered on both sides of the road, one building signposted Restaurante Rosa.

From New York Times • Sep. 23, 2019

Even for readers who prefer the sensation of moving ahead to moving aslant, “Texas Blood” is a rich journey.

From New York Times • Jan. 5, 2018

I wonder out loud at how badly the new brickwork has been laid; the bricks float aslant on cement that oozes out from between them like jam in an overfilled Victoria sponge.

From The Guardian • Nov. 20, 2010

It’s the world of Blueschild Baby, viewed aslant.

From Slate

“It is somewhat awry, with the bow aslant from the stern, but it hath an air, as if it had been battling the storm.”

From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli