Example Sentences
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“Crude oil has been trading in a downward sloping channel since the middle of May.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
Fix the Fells' partnership manager Isabel Berry said the route's "sloping, slippery surface is currently difficult to walk on" leading people to use the areas at either side.
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026
The Cboe volatility indices’ term structure is more steeply sloping, and VIX futures are trading at a fairly large premium to VIX.
From MarketWatch ● May 8, 2026
Foiling the visual expectations of a lifetime, the four-door’s glass roof joins the car’s sloping rear deck just over the rear axle, omitting a transparent panel of any kind.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 25, 2026
With the melting of the last of the twilight there grew a kind of expectancy and tension, as though it were thawing snow about to slide from a sloping roof.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
