- present participle of slant.
slanting
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Another soldier stands behind him, his back to the camera, his rifle slanting across the upper lefthand section of the picture.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
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 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
But when I looked down to see what I had written it was not my small square hand-writing at all, it was long, and slanting, with curious pointed strokes.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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