sloping
Example Sentences
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“Crude oil has been trading in a downward sloping channel since the middle of May.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
Fix the Fells' partnership manager Isabel Berry said the route's "sloping, slippery surface is currently difficult to walk on" leading people to use the areas at either side.
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026
Foiling the visual expectations of a lifetime, the four-door’s glass roof joins the car’s sloping rear deck just over the rear axle, omitting a transparent panel of any kind.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 25, 2026
The term structures of the VIX futures and of the Cboe volatility indices are sloping upwards.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 23, 2026
The host passed through the breach and halted on the sloping sward above.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
