aslant
Americanadverb
adjective
preposition
adverb
preposition
Etymology
Origin of aslant
1250–1300; Middle English on slont, on slent on slope, at a slant
Example Sentences
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For me, his most fascinating and haunting piece is the 1927 "impression" for small orchestra, There Is a Willow Grows Aslant a Brook.
From The Guardian • Aug. 4, 2011
Aslant against the hard implacable weather and the rough wind, he was no more to be driven back than hurried forward, but held on like an advancing Destiny.
From Our Mutual Friend by Dickens, Charles
Aslant her cheek the brim of a straw hat threw a curve of shade, her ear glowed transparent in the sun.
From The Island Pharisees by Galsworthy, John
Aslant the dew-bright earth and coloured air he looks in boundless majesty abroad, touching the green leaves all a-tremble with gold light.
From Meteorology or Weather Explained by M'Pherson, J. G.
Cold o'er the fleckered clouds the morning broke Aslant ere from his slumbers he awoke; 130 Still as he sat, nor yet had left the place, The first dim light fell on his pallid face.
From The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles, Vol. 1 With Memoir, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes by George Gilfillan by Gilfillan, George
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