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

So it jumped slantways across the soft, central cushion of the trail into the other track.

From Over Prairie Trails by Grove, Frederick Philip

"What makes a kite go up slantways against, or on, the wind, which is the same thing in sailing?" continued Harry.

From The Boy Ranchers of Puget Sound by Bindloss, Harold

The speaker was even larger than the Galway man, and his face was made curious by a purple cut running slantways from his left eye to the right corner of his mouth.

From Captains Courageous by Kipling, Rudyard