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
“The Peanuts Papers” hammers home that fully appreciating Charles M. Schulz’s juggernaut, which ran in newspapers from 1950 to 2000, requires looking aslant at its genre.
From New York Times • Dec. 25, 2019
In one of the corn fields a scarecrow caught her eye, crossed staves propped aslant, and the corn husks rotting under it.
From The Guardian • Oct. 26, 2018
Bruce Grinnord parked aslant in his usual spot and ran inside the DiZi Corp. headquarters.
From Slate • Sep. 18, 2014
The crow was black and shiny, as a crow ought to be, but when Luna squinted and looked at it aslant, she saw another color, too.
From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill
