oblique
Example Sentences
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Oblique, poetic and sumptuously sung, it’s a welcome moment of Zen.
From New York Times • Dec. 6, 2023
Jamaican 22-year-old Oblique Seville narrowly missed out on a medal as he also crossed the line in 9.88 while 2022 champion Fred Kerley suffered a shock semi-final exit.
From BBC • Aug. 20, 2023
This direct address, and the visual clarity of her preferred typeface, Futura Bold Oblique, were quickly appropriated by the fields Kruger sought to criticize.
From Washington Post • Oct. 4, 2021
Whenever an impasse would pop up in the recording studio, Eno would draw a card from the 100-card deck game they called Oblique Strategies:
From Seattle Times • Jan. 22, 2020
And be solicitous of laying them down just as they shall come, Faces upward, in a Downward and Oblique Line; taking them from the Topmost of the Pack until you have laid forth Seven, Cards.
From The Square of Sevens An Authoritative Method of Cartomancy with a Prefatory Note by Prime-Stevenson, Edward
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