obliquely

Example Sentences

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But the chief justice did obliquely gesture at some of the challenges facing the judiciary in Trump’s second term.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 31, 2025

Smith’s pregame message to his players only obliquely touched on the tragedy.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 12, 2025

The audience is visible obliquely off to the side or in raking shots.

From Salon • Dec. 25, 2024

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, however, remarked obliquely that "he had never heard of him".

From BBC • Nov. 25, 2024

I could see her there, the picture perched obliquely in his thick hands, her unanswered gaze dead on us both.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee