crooked

Example Sentences

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But up there where my neck craned to see, above the crazy roofs and crooked chimneys, was a square of pale pearl sky.

From Literature

He picked up the chalk, pointed at the blackboard, and wrote a large, crooked A. Turning in her big chair, Little Britches gave him all her attention.

From Literature

A show at Hauser & Wirth, “Sometimes a straight line has to be crooked,” puts Henry Taylor’s work in the same room with the work of his mentor, California Modernist James Jarvaise.

From Los Angeles Times

I think of that optical illusion—an old lady with a crooked nose from one angle, a young one wearing a choker from another.

From Literature

She extended her hand, crooked and red and bent open, but he made no move.

From Literature