aslant

Example Sentences

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This increasingly common airport scene, seen slightly aslant, might call to mind The Matrix, when we first realize where Neo has been living his whole life: in a cubicallike, life-supporting vat.

From Slate • Nov. 13, 2019

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

Raban’s writing has grown infinitely more sophisticated since then, but its leitmotifs – struggles with overbearing authority, a search for refuge in a world that seems aslant – have remained.

From The Guardian • Dec. 30, 2016

As she sized me up, her eyes narrowing, the cigarette hung aslant from her mouth.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides