slant
Example Sentences
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Images slope and slant, capturing the listing movement of the ship deck.
Her work has a continuity, an obsessional quality that transcends any one given form and reflects instead on the eccentric and brilliant slant of her personality and perspective.
From Los Angeles Times
The plan, which was heavily slanted towards Moscow's demands, was subsequently revised.
From BBC
The corners of the house splinter off at multiple places and give the cabin a perpetual slant.
From Literature
The slanting sides of the work appear as a yawing, rusted ship.
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