aslant
Example Sentences
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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
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
Even for readers who prefer the sensation of moving ahead to moving aslant, “Texas Blood” is a rich journey.
From New York Times ● Jan. 5, 2018
It’s the world of Blueschild Baby, viewed aslant.
From Slate
“It is somewhat awry, with the bow aslant from the stern, but it hath an air, as if it had been battling the storm.”
From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli
