Example Sentences

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The slanting sides of the work appear as a yawing, rusted ship.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

The slanting afternoon light lends his ascent a spooky, otherworldly glow.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 6, 2024

As summer progresses, the dangling seed heads fade to a warm straw and are beautiful when backlit in the slanting light of autumn.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 7, 2023

By Monday, the building renowned for its slanting appearance was rubble.

From BBC • Aug. 10, 2023

The wall of a tent leans up over my face, not visible but audible, a slanting plane of faint sound: the susurrus of blown snow.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin