Example Sentences

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“The rails are slanting so they have a sense of motion that points to the sculpture in the center,” she said.

From Washington Times • Sep. 8, 2018

You are slanting their sacrifice. you are marginalizing what they are trying to do to make the world a better place.

From Slate • Dec. 8, 2015

Everywhere, there are slanting dark-timbered barns and ornate chalets huddling up the slopes.

From The Guardian • Jul. 19, 2015

"I think physicians are slanting the opinions they give based upon monetary considerations that in many cases they wouldn't have allowed to influence them before."

From Time Magazine Archive

The long boards of this frame are slanting so that they are more or less the shape of the ridge, but not equal to its height.

From Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. by Atkinson, George Francis