Example Sentences

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They were careful not to cause the slightest commotion,—careful, too, to keep out of the narrow belts of light that fell slantingly from the fires above.

From Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops by Reid, Mayne

You go forward slantingly toward the Ever Summer Land.

From Hawk Eye by Cory, David

Hold the point, not slantingly like a pencil, but as near as possible perpendicularly.

From A Treatise on Etching by Lalanne, Maxime

This board was now set slantingly against the stockade, and a dozen warriors rushed upon it.

From Boys of The Fort Or, A Young Captain's Pluck by Bonehill, Ralph

They were close together, near a little clump of bushes, that sprang slantingly out from the surface of the cliff.

From Fenn Masterson's Discovery or, The Darewell Chums on a Cruise by Chapman, Allen