sloping

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Like the rest of the field, he had to take some punches from a course set-up which wanted to inflict pain with its devilish pins, severely sloping greens and thick rough.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

The world's best struggled to get to grips with the task presented by an undulating course with thick rough and sloping greens.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

The term structures of the VIX futures and of the Cboe volatility indices are sloping upwards.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 23, 2026

Mr. Lane’s sadly sloping eyebrows, his hunched gait—as if awaiting another blow from a brutal universe—are physical expressions of a man who is doomed to defeat as soon as we see him.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

Melyngar bore them swiftly through the fringe of trees lining Great Avren’s sloping banks.

From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander