Example Sentences

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The scene is Brooklyn and the horn-blowing, fender-crunching, slewing, shrieking, track-clacking action is heart-stopping.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2023

Areas hit by wildfires in recent years faced the possibility of mud and debris slewing off denuded hillsides that have yet to fully recover their protective layer of vegetation.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 10, 2023

As her rear wheel kissed the grass of the sodden verge, her bike slewing to the right now, it was clear this was a moment she had to survive.

From BBC • Oct. 6, 2021

The first time I’d driven near here, I’d had to detour into the countryside, slewing and skidding on goopy rain-sodden roads in slurries of mud, through a thunderstorm with three hitchhikers.

From New York Times • Sep. 23, 2019

I stopped dead in my tracks, slewing Estraven around on his skis, for we were both in harness hauling.

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