slantways

Example Sentences

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He looked slantways out of the corners of his eyes.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee

Then louder and faster, a driving torrent falling slantways from the slate sky, like water from a sluice.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier

What makes her go slantways against the wind?

From The Boy Ranchers of Puget Sound by Bindloss, Harold

These under the cherry trees with the sunshine shining through slantways made one of the brilliant sights of a lifetime.

From Letters from China and Japan by Dewey, John

Ned Alderson stood outside; he stood slantways, not looking at her.

From Mary Olivier: a Life by Sinclair, May