slantways

Example Sentences

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Then louder and faster, a driving torrent falling slantways from the slate sky, like water from a sluice.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier

He looked slantways out of the corners of his eyes.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee

These under the cherry trees with the sunshine shining through slantways made one of the brilliant sights of a lifetime.

From Letters from China and Japan by Dewey, John

The sun was round to the west and threw long, golden rays, that were all lovely light and no heat, slantways on the paved floor and the polished tables and the bright pewter.

From Come Rack! Come Rope! by Benson, Robert Hugh

The speaker was even larger than the Galway man, and his face was made curious by a purple cut running slantways from his left eye to the right corner of his mouth.

From Captains Courageous by Kipling, Rudyard