slanting

“Beginning on F, the tone may rise to G, A, B and sometimes to C, before slanting back to F again. With the humpbacked whale the tone is much finer, often sounding like the E string of a violin.”

As I watched, Olive detached herself from the family and staggered on the slanting deck to the railing.

Then I was in the air, turning there above the sea and the lifeboat and the slanting deck.

Video and photos in local media showed smoke and fire at the scene, with highway rails slanting downward into the flames.

Or has the proliferation of wineries and tourists and traffic reached a tipping point that threatens to erode its natural environment and rural charm — no matter how pretty the rows of grapes in the slanting afternoon light?