Example Sentences

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A fastback design calls for a roughly diagonal profile and backlight glass sloping from the trailing edge of the roofline to the deck lid, a feature nowhere in sight.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026

The world's best struggled to get to grips with the task presented by an undulating course with thick rough and sloping greens.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

The stock has found support at its 200-day simple moving average since June, when the long-term trend line began sloping higher.

From Barron's • May 12, 2026

The term structures of the VIX futures and of the Cboe volatility indices are sloping upwards.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 23, 2026

The fog ebbed away as they climbed a sloping hill.

From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai