aslope

Example Sentences

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High noon, too, by these hot sunbeams, which fall, scarcely aslope, upon my head, and almost make the water bubble and smoke, in the trough under my nose.

From A Rill from the Town Pump by Hawthorne, Nathaniel

Now, from the western mountain’s brow, Compassed with clouds of various glow, The sun a broader orb displays, And shoots aslope his ruddy rays.

From The Minstrel; or the Progress of Genius with some other poems by Beattie, James

Summer has come, healthy and free, Whence the brown wood is aslope; The slender nimble deer leap, And the path of seals is smooth.

From Ancient Irish Poetry by Various

The Knight did stoop, And sat on further side aslope.

From Hudibras by Butler, Samuel

High noon, too, by these hot sunbeams, which full, scarcely aslope, upon my head and almost make the water bubble and smoke in the trough under my nose.

From Twice Told Tales by Hawthorne, Nathaniel