Wondering how to use Slant in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as angle or pitch.
Slant meaning
- A slope; an incline, inclination.
- A sloped surface or line.
- A run: a heading driven diagonally between the dip and strike of a coal seam.
Synonyms of Slant
Using Slant
- The main meaning on this page is: A slope; an incline, inclination. | A sloped surface or line. | A run: a heading driven diagonally between the dip and strike of a coal seam.
- Useful related words include: angle, pitch, tilt, tip over.
- In the example corpus, slant often appears in combinations such as: the slant, on slant, slant to.
Context around Slant
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 11 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Slant
- In this selection, "slant" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, quick, tight, life, route, deliveries and drill stand out and add context to how "slant" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a deep slant on the and a different slant to it. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "slant" sits close to words such as accordion, admires and aftermarket, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with slant
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He needs to come at his life slant. (8 words)
The Slant-Six engines, in particular, became known for their longevity. (11 words)
But everything also seemed to be touched by a slant light of antiquity. (13 words)
Ke Huy Quan's lovable geek version of O.B. was a unique and fun departure from what, admittedly, looks more like the 'old wise black man' trope, with its questionable slant into less of a tech geek persona and more of a blue-collar handyman. (46 words)
But Makihele still hit him for scores of 22 yards on a slant, 1 yard on a quick slant that ended an 86-yard drive and 36 yards on a fade route before the end of the first half. (39 words)
After a snap over the quarterback’s head, Blue Devils lineman Eli Rich picked up the loose ball and raced to the Bishop Canevin 9. On fourth down, Cook found Rich on a slant left for a touchdown. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
But Makihele still hit him for scores of 22 yards on a slant, 1 yard on a quick slant that ended an 86-yard drive and 36 yards on a fade route before the end of the first half.
Courtland Sutton had a day - a TD catch on a slant route and a TD in three of the four games played.
He can deliver a crisp screen pass, lob one deep, and loves his tight slant deliveries.
He needs to come at his life slant.
I also point to a play against GCC where we completed a slant, and Colton (Gent) took it to the house.
On third-and-3 at the Browns 41, Walker tried to throw a quick slant to Amari Cooper.
SLANT was one of six businesses to win a total of £69,000 in funding at a Runway pitching event this week.
Straw poll, also known as straw ballot, is usually an ad hoc poll carried out to determine the slant of opinion on an issue or popularity of an individual or group of persons within a community.
The defensive backs also worked through a fade/slant drill from the 5-yard line.
The high quality global news programme with a Scottish slant should be the “template” for more broadcasting, he said.
The slant forces the incoming water toward a series of wells with suction pumps, which can remove the runoff.
This is especially true where shafts of light slant through the trees giving a stained glass effect.
A couple of quick slant passes moved them into a fresh set of downs, but they abandoned that method and the drive went backwards.
But everything also seemed to be touched by a slant light of antiquity.
It has what Toyota calls "slant-squish: combustion chambers and an intelligent variable valve timing system to stabilize combustion.
It's obvious that this hotel has a different slant to it even before you go inside.
Ke Huy Quan's lovable geek version of O.B. was a unique and fun departure from what, admittedly, looks more like the 'old wise black man' trope, with its questionable slant into less of a tech geek persona and more of a blue-collar handyman.
The place to go on this play was D.J. Moore running a deep slant on the right side, but Williams never looked in that direction.
The Slant-Six engines, in particular, became known for their longevity.
After a snap over the quarterback’s head, Blue Devils lineman Eli Rich picked up the loose ball and raced to the Bishop Canevin 9. On fourth down, Cook found Rich on a slant left for a touchdown.
Common combinations with slant
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the slant 9×
- on slant 7×
- slant to 6×
- slant of 6×
- slant on 6×
- political slant 5×
- slant and 4×
- quick slant 3×
- slant route 3×
- at slant 3×