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verb

past tense of slant

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of slanted
Adjective
The picture glowed, the sound was clear; nothing blurred, slanted, or bled off the screen. Lane Brown, Vulture, 25 July 2026 The light is always ‘slanted,’ casting the novel’s gnomic creations in disquieting atmospherics. Literary Hub, 23 July 2026 With her fingers, Guadalupe Espinoza lightly traced the lettering engraved on a slanted monument wedged alongside the courtyard at the LA Plaza de Culturas y Artes. Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026 That year, French propagandist Louis Dubroca, a mouthpiece of the Napoleonic government, published a slanted, factually incorrect biography of Dessalines. Julia Gaffield, The Conversation, 15 June 2026 The ingredients are tumbled in a large slanted drum, allowing the hot, sticky asphalt cement to thoroughly coat the stones and sand. Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 13 June 2026 The planets will appear gathered along a slanted line. Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026 Our top tweezer picks Joey Healy, a brow expert based in NYC and founder of the Joey Healy Eyebrow Studio, recommends that everyone carry a pair of slanted tweezers. Alanna Martine Kilkeary, Glamour, 10 June 2026 No one credible thinks of the Crime Lab as partisan or slanted. The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2026
Verb
True, Francesca Hong hates America, Thanksgiving and most national holidays, and is anti-Israel and anything slanted to the true American ideals that made our country great. Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2026 Cars 2 and 3 also appear to be slanted downward, in contrast to the position of the rest of the vehicles. Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Aug. 2026 Despite those altruistic goals, from the beginning, the commission faced criticism that the composition and agenda of the body were slanted toward a conservative Christian perspective. Steven K. Green, The Conversation, 2 July 2026 Always slanted in one direction, of course. Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 23 June 2026 Sinks on the vanity have slanted, green marble angles giving them a trendy look, and the faucet’s water spray is equivalent to a drenching rainfall shower (wide, strong, and incredibly impressive). Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 June 2026 Install a fence that’s slanted outward and about 3 feet tall with a short section buried underground. Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 19 May 2026 Now that’s out of reach for most people between student debt and home prices and the economy slanted toward the very, very top one per cent. Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2026 Opponents slanted their protections toward him all season. Sam Warren, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slanted
Adjective
  • The tilted surfaces were mostly chosen to mimic raindrops in the real world.
    Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 31 Aug. 2026
  • But analysts say risks to oil prices remain tilted to the upside.
    , CNBC, 13 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • Swanson, in his first game back from an oblique strain that cost him one month, finished 1-for-3 with a walk and run scored.
    Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Since then, Winding Refn has continued down that path, making visually sumptuous and narratively oblique films (often with stars, or emerging stars) that increasingly feel like dream visions.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Many observers in the stadium, TV studios and on sofas across the UK and beyond thought Haaland was indeed offside, but that’s because the television images become distorted.
    Graham Scott, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Its sound is often described as post-grunge and the band is known for its emphasis on acoustic guitar, distorted electric guitar and multi-layered vocal harmonies.
    Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 8 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • For now, the VIX futures curve is sloped healthily upward into coming months, but things can shift in a hurry.
    Michael Santoli, CNBC, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Most ground is sloped and covered in loose gravel or ankle-twisting stones.
    Ron Spomer, Outdoor Life, 19 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • Hang your porch swing crooked or prop scrap of wood across your windows to make it look boarded up.
    Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 14 Sep. 2026
  • An incoming generation, simply by their existence, dislodged a crooked anxiety that the new face of Asian America is Wasian.
    E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • Gates open to a sloping, 700-foot-long driveway that passes by whimsical sculptures before arriving at a spacious cobblestone motor court.
    Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 3 Aug. 2026
  • There was a casual feel in Memorial Auditorium in the hour before game time, as children kicked a ball around on the auditorium’s sloping floor.
    Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 7 July 2026
Verb
  • Bohm’s lawsuit, which was filed in Philadelphia County on March 25, alleged Daniel and Lisa committed financial impropriety while running limited liability companies on his behalf and misrepresented their stakes in those entities.
    Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
  • The federal case was based on allegations the social media giant misrepresented the extent of child mental health harms caused by apps like Facebook and Instagram.
    Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Pete Crow-Armstrong leaped and angled his body in a way that looked like a version of the iconic Jumpman logo.
    Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Two small birds sat atop the net in Louis Armstrong Stadium during the middle of a point and play continued, with both players hitting multiple shots before Medvedev angled a forehand toward the corner that caused one of the birds to fly up.
    ABC News, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2026

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“Slanted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slanted. Accessed 20 Sep. 2026.

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