Sentence examples for were slanted from inspiring English sources
verb
To lean, tilt or incline.
- If you slant the track a little more, the marble will roll down it faster.
The ears were slanted in attack position, its teeth yellow splinters buried in black gums.
(Halfway through the wall I needed to remove and reinstall planks because they were slanted).
The Emperor's eyes were slanted and large and gazed upon infinity as a dreamy young lady might, or a sailor in search of land.
"I found that the proposals were slanted significantly toward owners," he said, "going beyond what I believe the current state law and judicial precedents are".
These shows were successes, with a mythic pull on their fans, yet because they were slanted toward feminine genres, they got little critical consideration and were treated as the TV analogue to chick lit.
You'll see what may be the origins of the "stand on the right" mantra here: the base of the old escalators were slanted so, to avoid a tumble, wise travellers kept still, ready to step carefully off with their right foot first.
It was slanted and often nasty.
The stack is slanted to facilitate drainage of rain.
The opposition got television airtime (though news coverage was slanted).
"Much of technology has been slanted toward consumption," Nadella said.
"This is slanted against the players," the retiree wrote.
