oblique course
Example Sentences
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Children born lacking this oblique course of the ureter through the bladder wall are susceptible to “vesicoureteral reflux,” which dramatically increases their risk of serious UTI.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
Count de Lesseps' plan differed from all previous ones, for he purposed cutting directly through the isthmus to Suez, rather than to follow an oblique course and to connect the canal with the Nile.
From The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa by Badlam, Anna B.
In its oblique course it struck only a part of the fleet, and the damage, though computed at L. 20,000 sterling, was by no means so great as might have been expected.
From An Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the Colonies of South Carolina and Georgia, Volume 2 by Hewatt, Alexander
The hole in the globe was tracing an oblique course now, swinging to the center, then below.
From Gambler's World by Laumer, Keith
With great presence of mind he put forth all his strength and dexterity to slowly take an oblique course, knowing well that there was no hope for him if the current took him crosswise.
From File No. 113 by Gaboriau, Émile
