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sloping
adjective as in askew
Example Sentences
To the north, a deep gash in the hill will also be filled with soil, to create a sloping entry from the Simi Hills onto the crossing.
A gentle rolling hill – like those all around West Yorkshire – leads to gradual uphill climbs with sloping sides, the perfect combination for trapping leaves and difficult driving conditions.
Whole buildings collapsed into rubble have opened up new, sloping and precarious routes between the camp's main streets.
Nine miles upriver, machinery tore into the foundation of a second dam, Copco No. 1, carving away some of the last fragments of the sloping concrete barrier that once towered above the Klamath River.
The cave has a skylight on the Moon’s surface, leading down to vertical and overhanging walls, and a sloping floor that might extend further underground.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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