canted

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With its candy colors, canted camera angles and sound-effects balloons, the original series was witty, funny, parodic, satirical, deceptively smart and knowingly dumb and also a legitimate adventure story.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 31, 2024

It is recognised for its stone mullions, canted bay windows, and recessed entrance.

From BBC • May 29, 2024

The soldiers are moving fast, but unlike Æon and Goodchild, their movements are stiff and jerky, their arms canted at unnatural angles; they look like action figures manipulated by a child’s hands.

From Slate • Mar. 4, 2023

Between the blue-bronze sweep of sky and dusty yellow ground, his snaking, canted camera summons the creepiness the story needs and any stalking victim will recognize.

From New York Times • Feb. 14, 2023

The big John Deere 8020 squats silently in the canted evening light, a long way from anywhere, surrounded by a half-mowed field of South Dakota milo.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer