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slanting

  • present participle
    of slant.
    slant
    verb (used without object)
    to veer or angle away from a given level or line, especially from a horizontal; slope.
  • a word derived from slant.
    slant
    verb (used without object)
    to veer or angle away from a given level or line, especially from a horizontal; slope.

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Another soldier stands behind him, his back to the camera, his rifle slanting across the upper lefthand section of the picture.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

Soldiers cordoned off the area before using dynamite to blast the first ruined building apart -- a 12-story residential tower that had partially collapsed and was slanting toward the street.

From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026

Their architect, Michael Lehrer, created a striking design with a butterfly roof slanting up in two directions from the center, zigzag walls and picture windows front and back.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026

Generally, a prefabricated model will be about 18 inches tall on the highest side, its lid slanting downward to a foot or lower.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 20, 2023

I was rewrapping the cookies in the brown outer paper when my eyes fell on the address written in Nollie’s careful hand, slanting upward toward the postage stamp.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom