canted

Example Sentences

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It is recognised for its stone mullions, canted bay windows, and recessed entrance.

From BBC • May 29, 2024

The soldiers are moving fast, but unlike Æon and Goodchild, their movements are stiff and jerky, their arms canted at unnatural angles; they look like action figures manipulated by a child’s hands.

From Slate • Mar. 4, 2023

Soaked in an atmosphere of unrelenting dread, “Infinity Pool” works its canted camera angles and insistent, drumbeat-heavy score to transfixing effect.

From New York Times • Jan. 26, 2023

Those who bear right will probably encounter 2001’s “Sylvester,” a massive torqued steel spiral with canted walls through which people can walk a slightly unsettling path to the askew but calm center.

From Washington Post • Jul. 1, 2022

The corridors were all canted so that the door in the wall was slowly turning into a door in the floor.

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi