- present participle of slant.
slanting
Example Sentences
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Soldiers cordoned off the area before using dynamite to blast the first ruined building apart -- a 12-story residential tower that had partially collapsed and was slanting toward the street.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
The slanting sides of the work appear as a yawing, rusted ship.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025
The slanting afternoon light lends his ascent a spooky, otherworldly glow.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 6, 2024
As summer progresses, the dangling seed heads fade to a warm straw and are beautiful when backlit in the slanting light of autumn.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 7, 2023
When she opened them, the garden patch had vanished far behind them, and Jeremy, searching the trees below, began a long, slanting descent.
From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien
