athwart

Example Sentences

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Alternatively, as many Republican politicians seem to prefer, we can stand athwart history yelling “stop,” merely gumming up traffic.

From Washington Post

Julianne Cona, an engineer on one of them, the Maersk Denver, took a moment from securing her own massive vessel to post an Instagram picture of the ship now sitting athwart the Suez Canal.

From Washington Post

Never before has a ship become wedged athwart the width of the canal, like the Ever Given.

From Seattle Times

These guidelines run athwart recent actions taken by states like Texas and Mississippi, where Govs.

From Salon

One hot summer afternoon, I carried her athwart my hips into the pool at our beach club in Long Beach, New York.

From Washington Post