slant
verb (used without object)
to veer or angle away from a given level or line, especially from a horizontal; slope.
were slanting
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past progressiveof slant.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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It was good bowling from Finn, a three card trick, with the wide away-swinger following two balls that were slanting straight in at the stumps.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 8, 2012
Mr. Bremer said Google had gone public with its opposition to the proposed law because German news organizations were not reporting on the issue or were slanting their coverage to emphasize their own stance.
From New York Times ● Nov. 28, 2012
The Bears struggled because the Panthers were slanting their line.
From Chicago Tribune ● Oct. 29, 2012
Dr. Thomas H. Johnson of the Bartol Research Foundation and others found that more cosmic rays were slanting to the east than to the west.
From Time Magazine Archive
Half a mile from the grove, long red shafts of autumn sunlight were slanting down between the branches of the leafless trees, staining the snowdrifts pink.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
