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
“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
