slant
verb (used without object)
to veer or angle away from a given level or line, especially from a horizontal; slope.
is slanting
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present progressiveof slant (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Just as the sun is slanting away for the evening, I head into Bricktown, OKC’s first warehouse district that saw a decline in the latter 20th century as industry faded away.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 27, 2016
In Silverman's office, the late afternoon sunshine is slanting through the windows, lighting up a Dwight Schrute bobble-head doll and a Heineken-branded mini-fridge.
From BusinessWeek ● Mar. 3, 2011
By the time I wake, sunlight is slanting through the trees, making their shadows lean and long.
From "Born Behind Bars" by Padma Venkatraman
The experiment is repeated; but this time the gibbet is slanting and the Mole, hanging in a vertical position, touches the ground at a couple of inches from the base of the apparatus.
From The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos
The mother sees it too; notes that the fish is slanting up to the surface, and wisely lets the young fisherman alone.
From Wood Folk at School by William Joseph Long
