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Recent Examples of oblique Jesse Winker has maintained his status as a fan favorite even while being sidelined with an oblique strain. Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 27 June 2025 Counsell expects to find softer spots to use Hodge as the right-hander eases back in after an oblique strain and hip impingement landed him on the injured list. Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2025 The psychological layering is conflicted and oblique. Christopher Bonanos, Vulture, 24 June 2025 Utility player Miguel Andujar is starting to take dry swings after straining his right oblique earlier in June, Kotsay said. Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 19 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for oblique
Recent Examples of Synonyms for oblique
Adjective
  • Additionally, although each member of the crew has their own particular skillset, the time spent on individual characters is uneven, and a smaller cast would have likely made things more effective.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 25 June 2025
  • Moreover, the legal playing field itself can be quite uneven.
    Mark Berookim, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
Adjective
  • The tee shot follows a cape-style layout, with a diagonal pond guarding the fairway from left to right.
    Tim Corlett, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025
  • The door used to have diagonal braces on it, but the dog chewed through that several years ago, the owner wrote in a comment.
    Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 June 2025
Adjective
  • What Pete Rose did was selfish, illicit, shameful, crooked.
    John Nogowski, Hartford Courant, 14 May 2025
  • Meanwhile, a crooked wayfarer named St. Christophe (Jackson) is hot on Broadway’s trail, catching up with the young man and revealing that his dead dad wasn’t, in fact, a stand-up guy.
    Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 11 June 2025

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“Oblique.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oblique. Accessed 7 Jul. 2025.

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