aslope

Example Sentences

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A little farther there are evolutions to perform as we grasp a post that the sinking of the ground has set aslope across the middle of the fairway.

From Under Fire: the story of a squad by Wray, Fitzwater

The Knight did stoop, And sat on further side aslope.

From Hudibras by Butler, Samuel

Yonder riband of sunshine aslope on the wall, If you eye it a minute 'll have the same look: So kind! and so merciful!

From Poems — Volume 1 by Meredith, George

Far as the eye could see, farther and farther as they mounted the slope, were seas beyond seas of pines, now all aslope one way under the wind.

From The Innocence of Father Brown by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)

Now, from the western mountain’s brow, Compassed with clouds of various glow, The sun a broader orb displays, And shoots aslope his ruddy rays.

From The Minstrel; or the Progress of Genius with some other poems by Beattie, James