diagonal

In the unfinished painting, the tormented saint tilts his head far to one side, capping a long diagonal line made from an outstretched arm that cuts across the picture.

He will sit deep when required and push high when he can; will play neat possession football in some fixtures and tell his players to hit longer diagonals out to the wide men in others.

He hit some lovely diagonal balls which got them moving forward.

A new wooden bench sits on a traffic-calming chicane in a road, at a diagonal angle with a view of a large wall.

Milton crossed through the passage with a single, light diagonal line so the words beneath remain fully legible.