oblique

Though many critics and historians have tried, it’s impossible to get to the true root of a work as oblique as “Possession.”

From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026

Some of the content is oblique -- vendors often post images of animals or parts for sale without any price or explanation.

From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026

They re-signed utility player Santiago Espinal, whose skill set was no longer redundant when Kiké Hernández returned to the injured list, this time with a strained left oblique.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2026

Kiké Hernández was lifted from the Dodgers’ 15-6 victory over the Rockies with a strained left oblique.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026

This cat, with the small flames dancing in its oblique eyes, was perhaps seeing the pageant of its past eight lives, reviewing them with an animal's stoicism, beyond hope or fear.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

Tuesday, he said he felt much better, focusing on his core and obliques.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2026

For just $2,599, this sleek and sturdy item offers users plate-loaded core training in a seated position, and a swivel seat to easily transition to targeting your obliques.

From Slate ● Jun. 24, 2023

“You never know with obliques, but I don’t think it’s as bad as we thought it would be,” manager Charlie Montoyo said.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 14, 2022

They didn’t have to cut through the muscle tissue in his obliques to remove his appendix, and the morning after the surgery, Olsen was back on his feet and texting teammates with encouraging news.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 7, 2018

The fourth pair supply the superior obliques, and the sixth the external recti; so that III.,

From Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

The instant his back was turned, the old man obliqued crabwise to the side of the road.

From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 31, No. 1, May 1908 by Various

On observing this convergence of his silent and persevering pursuers, Costal suddenly obliqued to the right.

From The Tiger Hunter by Reid, Mayne

Knew it Tuesday, when the ambulances obliqued at the top and went on down toward Staunton!

From The Long Roll by Johnston, Mary

Then two others obliqued out to the right and left until nearly as a great a distance on the flanks.

From To The Front A Sequel to Cadet Days by King, Charles

The lawyers and henchmen obliqued off to the sides.

From Space Viking by Piper, H. Beam

If at half step or mark time while obliquing, Oblique, March.

From Military Instructors Manual by Schoonmaker, Oliver

They keep Canal, obliquing to that side of the way farthest from the balconies-- "To make room," cries Victorine, "to form line pritty soon off horses, in front those cannon'."

From Kincaid's Battery by Kimball, Alonzo

Half faced to front after obliquing, Forward, March.

From Military Instructors Manual by Schoonmaker, Oliver

The path was but a ledge, which, after running fifty yards in a direct line, made an abrupt double back in the opposite direction, all the while obliquing downwards.

From The Free Lances A Romance of the Mexican Valley by Reid, Mayne

Then the three first sides of our square, the second and the third obliquing to the right and left fired.

From The Conscript A Story of the French war of 1813 by Erckmann-Chatrian