aslant
Example Sentences
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A pair of rectangular glasses sit somewhat aslant on his round face, which after weeks of frantic travel and fitful sleep showed signs of enervation.
From New York Times ● May 24, 2022
Around midafternoon I stopped to eat in La Reforma, a small town aslant on the mountainside, scattered on both sides of the road, one building signposted Restaurante Rosa.
From New York Times ● Sep. 23, 2019
Raban’s writing has grown infinitely more sophisticated since then, but its leitmotifs – struggles with overbearing authority, a search for refuge in a world that seems aslant – have remained.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 30, 2016
It’s the world of Blueschild Baby, viewed aslant.
From Slate
It led me aslant over the hill, through a wide bog, which would have been impassable in winter, and was splashy and shaking even now, in the height of summer.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
