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

Like the slightly canted angle that the director Viesturs Kairiss uses throughout the film, this playful conceit offers an off-kilter perspective on the past, emphasizing the tragic absurdity of human brutality.

From New York Times • Jan. 13, 2023

Instead of facing the street, it is canted where the two sides meet.

From Washington Post • Sep. 16, 2022

It canted toward a one-hundred-foot-high precipice without even a tree to slow the bus down if it went over.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam