aslant

Example Sentences

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For me, his most fascinating and haunting piece is the 1927 "impression" for small orchestra, There Is a Willow Grows Aslant a Brook.

From The Guardian • Aug. 4, 2011

Who stepped over the clouds, And laid her rainbow feathers Aslant on the currents of the air.

From Sword Blades and Poppy Seed by Lowell, Amy

Aslant against the hard implacable weather and the rough wind, he was no more to be driven back than hurried forward, but held on like an advancing Destiny.

From Our Mutual Friend by Dickens, Charles

Aslant her cheek the brim of a straw hat threw a curve of shade, her ear glowed transparent in the sun.

From The Island Pharisees by Galsworthy, John

Aslant, as a path running slosh across a field.

From Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter by Walter, James Conway