Example Sentences

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The plan, which was heavily slanted towards Moscow's demands, was subsequently revised.

From BBC • Nov. 27, 2025

Gazala observes that her benefactor’s “eyes are slanted under the folds of her brows, kohl-rimmed cat’s eyes in a dead-white face, powder in every fold and crack.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 20, 2025

Venus and Jupiter have only slight leans, around 3 degrees, while Mercury, at 0.03 degrees, is barely slanted at all.

From New York Times • Jun. 19, 2024

The researchers then placed a sound wave generator on each side of the device and slanted them so that sound waves travel through the underlying platform to enter the droplet.

From Science Daily • Mar. 13, 2024

It slanted diagonally into the water and disappeared.

From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz