slant
verb (used without object)
to veer or angle away from a given level or line, especially from a horizontal; slope.
will slant
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future tenseof slant.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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The slope is Because the slope is positive, we know the graph will slant upward from left to right.
From Textbooks ● Feb. 13, 2015
The sun will slant through the branches, shining in the sprinkles of dew drying on the lids.
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
Yet this same sun will slant its beams At no far day On our two mounds, and then what will the difference weigh!
From Satires of Circumstance, lyrics and reveries with miscellaneous pieces by Thomas Hardy
"I suppose that, in some cases, the lines will not be perpendicular, but will slant, probably towards the left, like writing."
From The Teacher Or, Moral Influences Employed in the Instruction and Government of the Young by Jacob Abbott
The admission line between A and B will slant downward slightly, and the point of cut-off will be rounded, owing to the slow closing of the valve.
From Steam Engines Machinery's Reference Series, Number 70 by Anonymous
