The most successful lean back, their chins parallel to the floor, but their bodies sloping forwards in a diagonal, their incredibly long arms hanging down.
It was quiet; not a soul was in sight except, over by the mess hall, four K.P.s sitting around a pan, sloped forward from their waists, gabbing and peeling potatoes in the sun.
He was 18, a clear work in progress, with long spindly legs and narrow shoulders that sloped forward, as if he were trying to shed some of his considerable height.
The ilium slopes forward and the body is held closer to the ground than is the case in mammals.
The ship's bow slopes forward, rather than backward, a design intended to give the destroyer better stability when launching weapons, Smith said.
The common hippo's spine is parallel with the ground; the pygmy hippo's back slopes forward, a likely adaptation to pass more easily through dense forest vegetation.
For example: "homeward bound", "the upward and the downward slope", "forward planning", but "spread outwards", "peer downwards", "move forwards".
On some rockfill dams the core can slope forward to an extreme position where it lies on the upstream face.
Professor Cranz said schools in Denmark, where she has lectured, very often used chairs that were tall, with seats that could tilt forward or have front parts that slope forward.
