How do you use Slanting in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like diagonal or slanted, plus the exact meaning.
Slanting meaning
Out of the perpendicular, not perpendicular.
Using Slanting
- The main meaning on this page is: Out of the perpendicular, not perpendicular.
- Useful related words include: aslant, aslope, diagonal, slanted.
- In the example corpus, slanting often appears in combinations such as: road slanting.
Context around Slanting
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 9 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 15 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Slanting
- In this selection, "slanting" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, road, ball, wicket, off, away and sides stand out and add context to how "slanting" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a bottom slanting bar and a boy slanting his eyes. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "slanting" sits close to words such as aaon, abbv and abdalla, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with slanting
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
There is also a bottom slanting bar. (7 words)
I remember a boy slanting his eyes at me and looking mean. (12 words)
Typically this can result in a moving object leaving a slanting image. (12 words)
The road running laterally through the center of the image is Greenwood Avenue, the road slanting from the center to the left is Easton, and the road slanting off to the right is Frankfort. (34 words)
The design for this tank included a call for reinforced metal plates to protect the occupants, slanting sides to deflect enemy fire and an array of light cannons. (28 words)
Nest cavities can either be deep upward slanting tubes that lead to fully enclosed chambers, or much shallower open niches (from which the bird is visible). (26 words)
Example sentences (15)
The road running laterally through the center of the image is Greenwood Avenue, the road slanting from the center to the left is Easton, and the road slanting off to the right is Frankfort.
DavidтАЩs hitting zone is the leg-side and so he bowled a full ball, slanting away outside the off-stump.
He does this by going back over the wicket, slanting it across him and bringing the edge into play.
I remember a boy slanting his eyes at me and looking mean.
The design for this tank included a call for reinforced metal plates to protect the occupants, slanting sides to deflect enemy fire and an array of light cannons.
You're slanting a game and you're not giving both sides of the ball a fair competition.
At this point the Valley splits into two, one section slanting northeast, with the other curving from south to southeast.
Nest cavities can either be deep upward slanting tubes that lead to fully enclosed chambers, or much shallower open niches (from which the bird is visible).
Slanting this sphere by its two poles on the horizon, he showed the northern constellations toward the upper pole and the southern toward the lower pole.
There is also a bottom slanting bar.
The standing bison logo was replaced by a blue charging one with a red slanting stripe streaming from its horn.
This copy was then cut out with knives and rulers, and slid into position on layout sheets on slanting layout tables.
This early script slowly developed, its characters slanting 45 degrees, becoming more graceful and spaces were added between words.
Typically this can result in a moving object leaving a slanting image.
When rows of books are lined on a book holder, bookends are sometimes needed to keep them from slanting.
Common combinations with slanting
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: