Sentence examples for be askew from inspiring English sources

Somehow it suggests that the priorities — in the newsroom and in campaigns — may be askew.

Washington, seen from Manhattan, is drab and humid, a swamp-city populated by doughy people in brown suits and heinous ties that always seem to be askew.

The neck of your guitar should be parallel to the body of the guitar, but often there will be a lot of sawdust from the factory, which means the neck will be askew.

And when he returned to his room, the mirror would be askew again.

De Jong's positioning can be askew, while his temperament has been called into question throughout his career.

And his military and naval uniforms were never exactly right — a brass button might be missing, an epaulet might be askew, there might be too many gold stripes on one sleeve and too few on the other.

Hems were askew.

The setting is askew.

His tie was askew.

And his hairpiece was askew.

It's not that things are askew.