slantways

Example Sentences

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

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier

He looked slantways out of the corners of his eyes.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee

The sun was round to the west and threw long, golden rays, that were all lovely light and no heat, slantways on the paved floor and the polished tables and the bright pewter.

From Come Rack! Come Rope! by Benson, Robert Hugh

It blew in slantways under the top, then described a curve upward, and downward again, as if it were going to settle on the right end of the back.

From Over Prairie Trails by Grove, Frederick Philip

"Stand on this box," said Joe to Dodo, "and look hard at that small slantways branch, with the little bunch on it!"

From Citizen Bird Scenes from Bird-Life in Plain English for Beginners by Fuertes, Louis Agassiz