aslant

Example Sentences

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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

On one side, they are little more than sinuous vertical shapes aslant the screen’s three panels; on the reverse, they crowd at the left while their open, interlacing tails cover the two right-hand panels.

From New York Times • Nov. 1, 2014

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

And he stood the weapon upright against the massy-timbered door with one arrow across the horn aslant, then went back to his chair.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer