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verb

past tense of slant

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of slanted
Adjective
Available in beige or black, this lockable, resin unit is built with a slanted roof to withstand rain and UV rays, so your items can stay protected no matter the weather. Michelle Lau, Southern Living, 7 Oct. 2025 Lucky’s left upper arm bone, or humerus, and Lucky II’s right upper arm bone both show a clean, slanted fracture, suggesting they were twisted by powerful wind gusts. Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2025 The moon, Jupiter, Castor and Pollux come together to form an irregular slanted rectangle in Earth's predawn sky, one that helps highlight the spectacular diversity of objects that are visible to the naked eye above us. Anthony Wood, Space.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
Cruz, who lost to Trump in the 2016 Republican primary, agreed that Kimmel’s remarks were out of bounds and that the corporate media is slanted against conservatives. Gene Maddaus, Variety, 19 Sep. 2025 The car’s doors and trunk were all open, according to images from the scene, and the metal fence was visibly slanted after the impact. Joe Kottke, NBC news, 17 Sep. 2025 Beto’s probing questions are too obviously slanted to be challenging. Keith Phipps, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2025 To help prevent or stop armadillos from digging on your property, Indiana DNR recommends fencing or barriers that are slanted at an angle with one portion buried underground. Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 22 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slanted
Adjective
  • The winter solstice is the start of astronomical winter, when Earth's northern hemisphere is pointed the farthest away from the sun due to its tilted axis.
    Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Holly, who did not share her last name, posed in the familiar tourist style—appearing to hold up the tilted tower.
    Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The 49ers are 4-2 but can’t run the ball effectively and quarterbacks Brock Purdy (turf toe) and Mac Jones (knee, oblique) are hobbling.
    Jerry McDonald, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Two other names on the injury report for Buffalo are tight end Dalton Kincaid (oblique, questionable) and wide receiver/kick returner Curtis Samuel (neck/ribs, questionable).
    Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The macula, part of the retina needed for sharp vision, may become distorted, causing blurry sight.
    Liz Szabo, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2025
  • If your shrubs have distorted, yellowing, or curling leaves or their growth seems stunted, take a close look.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The vineyard is steeply sloped in spots, and Casanueva thinks the top part might be ideal for merlot.
    Laura Ness, Mercury News, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Back then, the front lawn sloped all the way down to the river.
    David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 20 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Barry Cooper, the colorful former police officer turned scourge of crooked cops, couldn’t attend the screening of a new film about him at the Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival in Arkansas.
    Matthew Carey, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Instead of squandering a potential big inning, the Cubs had put up a crooked number.
    Sahadev Sharma, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • One 2018 report by the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General found that the Nakamoto Group’s inspection reports misrepresented the work done for their evaluations, and that the facilities’ conditions did not match what government inspectors observed during their own visits.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Charlie Kirk’s letter to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been published in full, following accusations it had initially been misrepresented.
    Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Monégasque angled it sharply across the court.
    James Hansen, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Duane angled through a second band of alders and came out right where the blacktail lay on the lower grassy edge of the hill’s bald knob.
    Marguerite Reiss, Outdoor Life, 9 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • After years of uneven results, prospects at main camp gave an indication that this season might be different.
    Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Geographic and demographic disparities The uneven distribution of EV charging infrastructure is a huge challenge.
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2025

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“Slanted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slanted. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.

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