- present participle of slope.
sloping
Example Sentences
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A fastback design calls for a roughly diagonal profile and backlight glass sloping from the trailing edge of the roofline to the deck lid, a feature nowhere in sight.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 23, 2026
Like the rest of the field, he had to take some punches from a course set-up which wanted to inflict pain with its devilish pins, severely sloping greens and thick rough.
From BBC ● May 18, 2026
Foiling the visual expectations of a lifetime, the four-door’s glass roof joins the car’s sloping rear deck just over the rear axle, omitting a transparent panel of any kind.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 25, 2026
Respect that the stock’s 50-month simple moving average is now sloping higher for the first time in five years.
From Barron's ● Apr. 24, 2026
The high banks had been sloping down gradually, and now they came to an end, the water and the ground were level again.
From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill
