canted

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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

Those who bear right will probably encounter 2001’s “Sylvester,” a massive torqued steel spiral with canted walls through which people can walk a slightly unsettling path to the askew but calm center.

From Washington Post • Jul. 1, 2022

Branagh, seldom an intuitive composer of images, frames the action from bizarrely canted angles that further frustrate the movie’s already uncertain point of view.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 11, 2021

I canted my head, uncertain that I’d heard him correctly.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu