slantways

Example Sentences

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He looked slantways out of the corners of his eyes.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee

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

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier

What makes her go slantways against the wind?

From The Boy Ranchers of Puget Sound by Bindloss, Harold

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

If you work without this, place the material straight over the forefinger of the left hand; the material must never be held slantways.

From Beeton's Book of Needlework by Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary)