obliqueness

Example Sentences

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In an introductory author’s note, she says her goal is “to tell stories in what I regard as the most honest way possible: by accepting language’s inherent obliqueness and using it to the story’s advantage.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2023

Perhaps Cin felt that the obliqueness would create tension, but it mainly disorients the reader.

From Washington Post • Sep. 3, 2021

The obliqueness of Coetzee’s tale is perfectly suited to its challenge of a utilitarian reality.

From New York Times • Jun. 18, 2020

I was taken with Chang-dong Lee’s beloved Burning, in which Steven Yeun is as much of a riot as advertised and the varnished obliqueness of debut actress Jong-seo Jeon is truly beguiling.

From Slate • Jan. 3, 2019

But it would be a very stony country indeed—and Africa is far from stony—that would wholly account for the aggravating obliqueness and indecision of the African foot-path.

From Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 by Various