slantwise

Example Sentences

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Western readers may find the allusions frustratingly indirect, but Kadare has accustomed himself to telling his tales slantwise, even in a post-totalitarian era where anything goes.

From New York Times • Feb. 23, 2018

He gave a slantwise smile, looking out of the corner of his eye.

From New York Times • Oct. 30, 2014

I can see it all now,—the slantwise rain   Of light through the leaves,The sundown's blaze on her window-pane,   The bloom of her roses under the eaves.

From The Guardian • Jun. 11, 2012

Then an attendant noticed something strange: one of the numbers on the winning card was printed slantwise.

From Time Magazine Archive

That he is falling and not flying is clear from his position, which is almost upside-down, slantwise to the few clouds; nevertheless he appears calm.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood