oblique course
Example Sentences
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Children born lacking this oblique course of the ureter through the bladder wall are susceptible to “vesicoureteral reflux,” which dramatically increases their risk of serious UTI.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
After a two-days' halt at Temassinin we had just left the road followed by Flatters, and taken an oblique course to the south.
From Atlantida by Benôit, Pierre
He swung Polkadot into an oblique course on the chance of preventing the runaway’s escape into that roughest cross-section of the park which begins just north of the Seventy-second-Street “parallel.”
From Lonesome Town by Dorrance, Ethel
With great presence of mind he put forth all his strength and dexterity to slowly take an oblique course, knowing well that there was no hope for him if the current took him crosswise.
From File No. 113 by Gaboriau, Émile
He descended in an oblique course, using the resistance of the air as a support.
From Wonderful Balloon Ascents by Marion, F. (Fulgence)
