| 单词 | slant |
| 例句 | Finn and his brother didn’t have as much as some, but they had more than others, including a peeling white house, a matching garage, and a red barn permanently slanted to the left. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Then, as he leaned against the line and slapped his left hand hard and fast against his thigh he saw the line slanting slowly upward. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The late-afternoon sun slanted over the wall, highlighting blood-red petals from the rose tree that framed the window. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Behind the pines a possible path led up the slant. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z It was forty-eight feet by fifty feet, with a slanted roof and wide, open slats in the walls. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The room has Harold’s minimalist look to it: the twin bed with plain white sheets and white blanket, polished wood floors, a bleached oakwood chair, and nothing on the slanted gray walls. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Outside, the rain came down in slants, hitting the closed windows with a furious rhythm. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z The silver rays of twilight slanted through the hemlock needles in dusty streams. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Two bright braziers sparked alive, slanting into eyes. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z All hills had died in this last slant toward the sea. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The shadows on the road were as still as if they had been put there with a stencil, with slanting pencils of sunlight. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The evergreen trees around us look golden in the slanting light. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z He is Congolese all right, but he has a different kind of eyes that slant a little bit like a Siamese, only more intellectual. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z No longer a tall eastern white pine, instead a slanted one with all branches hanging like sad arms toward the ground. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z He swung the flashlight around and followed the tunnel, which slanted downward, taking him deeper and deeper into the earth. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z He’s happy to sleep there and move on a forward slant when I try to shut the wooden door at night. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z The bottom of the gully, which lay along the edge of a rock-fault, was rough with broken stone and slanted steeply down. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z I didn’t know slant rhyme from regular rhyme, but I was suitably impressed. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z The late afternoon sun slanted through the branches overhead, and it looked invitingly snug and secure. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Marguerite follows me into the room and takes a seat at a slanted lectern near the window. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Winter sunlight slants in through the window, between the half-drawn curtains. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The desk top is of blond wood; it slants down, and there is an armrest on the right side, to lean on when you were writing, on paper, with a pen. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z The sun slanted lower and lower in the west. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Olanna looked out of the window and remembered the slanting lines crisscrossing the calabash, the white blankness of the child’s eyes. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z But then I wake up in our nation of two, enclosed in our mosquito tent’s slanted planes lit silver by moonlight, and always think of Bulungu, where we first lay together like this. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The sun slanted through the trees, low and golden, sending showers of light around their drifting hulks. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It was an odd slant, since at that point Bobby had no intention of isolating himself or turning down money; he was just tending to personal matters that he’d neglected for years. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The only light came through narrow slanting windows high in the wall. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The way the late sun slanted through the trees had the trail all cross-banded with streaks of bright light and dark shade. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z It was written in a slanting, feminine, convent-school hand, but the signature underneath was their father’s. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The late afternoon had come and the sun made long, yellow slants through the window. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z She’s got flawless dark-brown skin—I don’t think she ever gets a pimple—slanted brown eyes, and long eyelashes that aren’t store-bought. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Down the trail, out of the darkness of the bush and into the light of the slanting bars of sunlight, joggling along with his peculiar nautical roll, came—Ch. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z It was an easy tree for a boy to climb, leaning as it did, crooked, the branches so close together they almost made a ladder, slanting right up to the roof. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Father tramped up the steep stairs, bending his dark head where the roof slanted, and stood with his arm around Hab’s shoulders, smiling down at Nat. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z As she stood concentrating in the dusty light that filtered through the glass roof and slanted down past the upper galleries, she didn’t notice that she was being watched. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Though that was what it seemed like—signs of the ball of furious fire nowhere to be seen, the slanting shadows of morning absent. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Quickly, the face of her sister fell away like water down a slanted roof. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It moved at a slant, one side swinging out wide while the other tilted toward the corner of the room. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Buildings pitched at a slant, their warped roofs warning of extreme weather. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z The buildings were made of dark, unpainted wood, topped off with slanted roofs. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z I believe what Father Amadi says; I believe the firm slant of his handwriting. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Even the Southern Negro has little chance to know this, since he reads the same slanted reports in the newspapers.” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z His thin whippy tail began to sweep to and fro and a bright gleam appeared in the slanted black-currant eyes. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z They leaned on the rail, motionless, identical, their poles slanting slenderly in the sunlight, also identical. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time I wake, sunlight is slanting through the trees, making their shadows lean and long. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z By the light of the moon that slanted into the dark corridor, I saw her eyes narrow. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “See how we’re slant against the sun? ’Cause there’s a whopper of a crosswind, so we have to crab. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z It was an odd thing to see the stone-faced Ali happy, or sad, because only his slanted brown eyes glinted with a smile or welled with sorrow. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Modest white outside walls crowned with slanting tile decorations gave no hint of the elaborate courtyards and inner living quarters that were hidden like pearls in their oyster shells. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z “Like Emily Dickinson, I ain’t afraid of slant rhyme / And that’s the end of this verse; emcee’s out on a high.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z Gat walks the slant of the roof, all the way down to the gutter and up again. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z She sat at their usual spot by the hole, which was just low enough in the slanted roof that you could sit on the floor and see the world outside. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Estha had slanting, sleepy eyes and his new front teeth were still uneven on the ends. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The weird, slanted back end of the Gremlin acted as a kind of ramp, and in the next second Milton realized he was airborne. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z It was pale blue felt with a wide rolled-up brim that went out from her face at a slant. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z A beam of sunlight slanted into the rotunda and glowed on the floor, like Zeus was up there with a magnifying glass, trying to fry puny humans. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Norma’s hair was the color of clay, her yellow eyes slanted at the corners, and her skin glowed the same color as the inside of a yam. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Sometimes the dummies for bayonet practice had “slant eyes” drawn on them, and enlistees would be ordered to chant as they stabbed the bayonet into the body, “Kill, kill.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z By the time the sun angled low enough to slant its rays under the citadel’s outspread wings, it had gone beyond the edge of the Cusp, and only traded one shadow for another. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The vent slanted down and limited his view, but at least he was sure nobody would ever be able to see him. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z After she left, Master put his glasses back on and faced his book, relaxing further into a slanting position, legs stretched out. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z But when I looked down to see what I had written it was not my small square hand-writing at all, it was long, and slanting, with curious pointed strokes. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z But for all I know, any display of attitude might lead her to slant the results. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Soon he saw the rat climbing down a slanting board that he used as a stairway. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z He was angry at what he interpreted as “slanted” press treatment recently; he felt especially that the newspapers had not taken seriously his statements of the personal danger he was in. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a bird somewhere in the woods, beyond the broken and infrequent slanting of sunlight. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z A boy from the other table with dark spiky hair, brown coppery skin, and slanted eyes groaned. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z High wooden desks that sit two, with slanted tops and holes for inkwells, are arranged in rows. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z When Misha opened the door, it swung out rather than in, and just inside the right-hand jamb was a small rectangular box, nailed on a slant above Anya’s head. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z The fading vortex drifted away down stream and then I saw the arrow again, nose into the current, wavering delicately to the motion of the water above which the Mayflies slanted and poised. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z “Photographs taken by means of slanting light show clearly the roughening and raising of the fibres of the paper about the date due to mechanical erasure,” the examiner wrote. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “And now we were winging toward Japan,” he said, “surrounded by scattered clouds that were edged with reddish gold from the slanting light of the newly risen sun.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z No sign of anything except the gold Cornucopia glowing in the slanting sun rays. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I had seen it written once, on the fly-leaf of a book, the letters thin and slanting, curiously pointed, the tail of the M very definite, very long. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The sun would slant in from the west in the late afternoon until the room was brimful of light. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z Philip slants a harsh, humorless laugh at him. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Every tree was blessed with a halo, and the sparkling silver beams slanted down to Turner as he thought about streaking a ball right back up alongside them until it disappeared in the silver-haloed glow. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z At one point he stopped and stared at a small wooden house with a slanted roof. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Then, slips and newspaper went to the cutter who stood before a large slanting desk and slashed out the marked items with a sharp curved knife. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z A yellow beam from the sinking sun slanted in through the window and fell across the pillow. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z But perhaps it is also raining, a cold, slanting, merciless rain, with thunder and lightning playing on the neighboring hills. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z By the time they stopped, the sun had already sunk between the tree trunks, casting slanted yellow beams and bands of shadow through the undergrowth. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z And he moved closer, until he stood beside the berth, and the light slanting across his shoulder as he knelt beside him. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z They thought of the slanting light of evening glittering on the Brandywine River, and the windows of Bucklebury beginning to gleam with hundreds of lights. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The sun slanted low in the sky, and behind her there began a sweet, disturbing melody. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z “No excuses this time!!” she scrawls in her sharply slanted script. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z They found a house—a one-story white one with a slanting roof and late chrysanthemums growing in the yard. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The slanted rays of the rising sun fell into the basement. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z One of the kids at his table made slanted eyes at Justin and told him Asians couldn’t fly planes because their eyes were too small to see well. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z I know his name because he signed it a number of times on hotel stationery, each signature with a slightly different slant. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z I climbed the stairs slowly, the third one creaking, the fifth one slanting downward. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z The afternoon sun slanted in from the other side of the platform and most of the children, feeling too late the smart of sunburn, had put their clothes on. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z The earlier breeze had died down, and the water was placid, smooth and glassy, tinged with bronze in the slanting late afternoon light. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z His eyes were strangely slanted, black without any brightness in them. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z They consist of twelve sheets of gray paper with narrow lines that slant across the page. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z There's a little slant of light coming through this narrow cellar window, enough so we can feel our way around all the burned junk that has fallen through the floor. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z They’re fine, clean guys in straight, pressed suits—well-off cats who earned their bank on the slant. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Alby turned and pushed his way through the crowd, then headed for the slanted wooden building in the corner. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z It slanted diagonally into the water and disappeared. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z She slanted her short self in the direction of Aunt Florentine’s face and stared intently into her closed eyes. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Both of them sat silent on the moss-covered rock in the slant of sunlight through the old pines and thought how many tiny chances had conspired to bring them to this place. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Her black eyes, which slanted gracefully, were moist and sparkling. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z By around 300 BC the Babylonians had started using two slanted wedges to represent an empty space, an empty column on the abacus. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z It was old and heavy, and lay at a slant to the ground. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z A thousand feet up the immense slant of the Lhotse Face, I ascended a faded nylon rope that seemed to go on forever, and the higher I got, the more lag- gardly I moved. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Rain slanted in the lights, which were angled to cast long, dramatic shadows. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z He held the line against his back and watched its slant in the water and the skiff moving steadily to the north-west. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, three miles up, the wind steadied and bore it in a descending curve round the sky and swept it in a great slant across the reef and the lagoon toward the mountain. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Suddenly he was standing on short springy turf, on a summer evening when the slanting rays of the sun gilded the ground. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z She walked through several rooms with low, slanting ceilings until she came to the final room. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z “Gork?” he inquired, turning to slant his head wisely at Mrs. Popper, and looking at her pleadingly with his right eye. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z Then he set off with his new master through the steep slanting forests of the mountain isle, through the leaves and shadows of bright autumn. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z It was a miserably wet, blustery day, with rain slanting down out of dark skies in torrents—no kind of day for standing out in the elements and watching a race. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The wolves sat on their haunches and watched the travelers through slanted eyes. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z I remember standing at an end window of our Quonset hut for a very long time, looking oid at the slanting, dreary rain, my trigger finger itching imperceptibly, if at all. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z The rain slanted and swirled under a cold and gusty wind. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z A ray of sunlight slanting through a window fell yellow on dusty tabletops. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z I now had hair the length of a boy’s, with straight-across bangs that hung at a slant two inches above my eyebrows. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe he looked at me from a little bit of a slant. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I clung to the treetrunk that slanted off to my right, and I almost slept. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z The thin grass between their feet glowed with rays of the slanting sun. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Instead, four letters in, she realized that there was a distinct upward slant. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Already sunlight was slanting across the yard, and in the stillness the flies buzzed about a patch of dung a few feet away. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t let this boy with slanted eyes and copper-colored skin think I thought a thing about him. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I picked up the link and held it toward him, the metal oily and strangely skinlike now with the slanting sun entering the window. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z But he didn’t, because in the gloom beyond the oil lamp, in the shadows, there were metal folding chairs arranged in a ring and on the chairs there were people, with slanting rhinestone sunglasses, watching. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z They leaned on the rail, looking down into the water, the three poles like three slanting threads of yellow fire in the sun. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z I sprang forward into the sea of empty metal shelves, half of which were knocked flat on their backs or leaning against others in slanted lines, their shelves buckling under some invisible weight. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z His whole body was slanting and he was moving across the court. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z A slant of orange light stretches across one of the rock walls. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Once again I saw the inscription on the fly-leaf of that book of poems, and the curious slanting R. I felt sick at heart and cold. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z On the after deck the mast had hit the steersman a slant blow bashing the skull in, knocking him overside, as the brave soul fled the body, like a diver. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Sun slanted through the clouds above, as if a spotlight were aimed on the bird. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z She stepped into a slanting square of light coming through one of the windows, and though she felt its warmth on her face, it had no effect on the ice all around her. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The wall of a tent leans up over my face, not visible but audible, a slanting plane of faint sound: the susurrus of blown snow. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Finally she reached the top of the slant, the sharp edge where he had instructed her to plant her feet for the jump. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Her father hunches over his slanted ink-stained table by the window, sketching, smoking, listening to the Voice of America. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Her eyes and her ears and the slant of her nose. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Maybe it was the slanted fall sun glaring off the window, but it almost looked like she was crying. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z I stood at the window to admire the sunlight slanting over the golf course, and burnishing the bare trees on the distant hills. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The door opens, admitting a young man with slanted, angular eyes and black hair. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z There is baseball paraphernalia all over the place: framed posters—all signed—tacked up on the slanted walls, a case full of plaques and trophies, and a rack of variously sized old-school Louisville Slugger bats. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z He was an energetic but unscrupulous reporter, willing to take bribes to slant stories. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z Behind her slanted sunglasses her useless eyes were closed, but she could see the music as it left her violin and lifted into the afternoon like smoke. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, Miguel hit the bump and sent a stack of books tumbling off the cart’s slanted shelves. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z He put one foot on a higher step so he was bent under the slant of the door and tried to rise. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Don’t fire,” his father ordered, “until you see the yellow of their skins and the slant of their Buddha lovin’ eyes.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z As the afternoon shadows slanted across the grass, Nhamo got a shock. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry saw him glance into the mirror over the bar at the goblins, who were all watching him and Harry in silence through their dark, slanting eyes. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The roof, gray slate, slanted down in four directions from a central peak. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The morning sun that slanted through the windows—they were stained yellow up here too—the sun showed the water darker, and rougher. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z I looked at the letter and recognized the slanted handwriting; it was from Poppy. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Kyril Montana watched the chopper start, lift jerkily off the meadowland, and rise at an awkward slant, then whizz down the canyon, almost clipping treetops. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z His quad was slanting, tipping over onto just two of its wheels. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z He streaked down the slant, crossed the draw, and had the tail-end pig caught by the hind leg before the others knew he was after them. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z I stopped, looking at the buildings down the bright street slanting with sun and shade. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z When I next woke, the hot sun was slanting through the windshield. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z The sunlight shone through the bare branches in slanting golden rays as they approached the abbey. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z The sun had slanted over the roofs in such a way that Neeley was in the sun and his face was clear and bright, while Francie looked dark and angry in the shadow. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Dark hair slants steeply across his forehead and is plastered to either side of his head, and there is a disturbing, vaguely supercilious smile set into long, narrow lips. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “His wing is slanted off to the side.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The moonlight still slanted down to the fall’s foot and gleamed on the ripples of the basin. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z As the first gray light slanted along the river, Kit made up her mind. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Nat stood on the chest and stared up at the tower masts of the ships, and the bowsprits, like long beaks, slanting into the air above him. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z When she opened them, the garden patch had vanished far behind them, and Jeremy, searching the trees below, began a long, slanting descent. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z His eyes, slanting downward like the eyes of a fish, were expressionless as dried-up wells. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z She had run up the slanted plank, in her bare feet, crying. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Although his teeth are crooked and his lower ones are slanted back—as if someone had once punched them in—when he smiles it’s as if you’d just told him the first joke on earth. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Cristiana sat plying her needle in the sun that streamed through high windows and slanted across the floor, then spilled through the arches and into the great hall below. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z And looking at those four wooden planks with the steel rod slanting across them was the only peace she had. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z In the shower I tried to rinse the experience away, scrubbing methodically, lifting my face to the slanting water. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Cool men wearing slanted hats to make them look slick, and tapping rhythms with their brown and white suede shoes. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z Tell all the Truth but tell it slant, says my friend Emily Dickinson. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The twig turned, one of the leaves caught the sunlight slanting through the trees and Hazel saw it flash for an instant. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally the staircase opened onto the roof, which was heavily slanted, an inverted V enclosed by stone parapets. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Far down the boulevard, four blocks away, the beetle had slowed, spun about on two wheels, and was now racing back, slanting over on the wrong side of the street, picking up speed. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z I am still Adah but you would hardly know me now, without my slant. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Though it would have been easier to go the way they slanted, this would have taken me in the wrong direction. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Before I could plot a logical course through the icefall, the wind came up, and snow began to slant hard out of the clouds, stinging my face and reducing visibility to almost nothing. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I handed them to Presto and he tried to read their labels, slanting his eyes. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Her eyes crease and slant upward as if they are smiling. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z The desert sharpened the sweet ache of his longing, amplified it, gave shape to it in sere geology and clean slant of light. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z From beneath the slanted visor his one eye glared viciously out at the Abbey before him. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z She wears trousers and a beret slanted on her head like she is Michelangelo. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I hold it close to my face, then farther away, squinting, holding my wrist up to the fluorescent slants of light that pass through the hall. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z He had a giant scar slanting down each cheek and seemed like no one to trifle with. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Then his face grew serious, his eyebrows slanting inward. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Golden light slanted through the wavy yellow glass of the round window. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I was still arguing with her when the taxi pulled up at the curb, long slants of rain illumined in the headlights and the tires throwing up low fans of water. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Her eyes slanted up with her cheekbones like the face of an antelope dancer’s mask. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The world seems to slow down, to slant, and me with it. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z She lay at a slant in the tunnel, holding herself there with her legs taut against the walls, and thought. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z A brilliant moonbeam was slanting through a gap in the curtains. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The matching desk was built carefully at the right height and slant. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z Immediately above rose the Lhotse Face, a vast, tilted sea of ice that gleamed like dirty chrome in the dawn’s slanting light. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Arturo walked like a crab over to the bucket, careful to keep his footing on the slanted roof. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z The slanting sticks of sunlight were lost among the branches. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z I stick the thermometer under my arm at a slant, and flip it steadily with my forefinger. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z It looked queer among the tenements with its tiny small-paned windows, clapboards and steep slanting roof. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z But the circles were much shorter now and from the way the line slanted he could tell the fish had risen steadily while he swam. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Tunnels branched off to the sides; some of them slanted down; others had steps carved into them leading up. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Teacher stood up, giving up on the slanted desk. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z The sun was slanting on him now, and I could see him quite well. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z That bold, slanting hand, stabbing the white paper, the symbol of herself, so certain, so assured. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Golden bars of light slant through the library’s windows. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z A thin ray of sun struck the prisms of a candelabrum on the mantelpiece, throwing brilliant, trembling shards of light that were distorted by the slant of the dormer walls. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I took the handoff, slanted right, kept my head up, watching for the hole—there it was. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z The triangular wooden frames fitted into the gables were intricately carved, the light that slanted through them and fell in patterns on the floor was full of secrets. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He rubs his hand under his chin, and his dark brows slant up. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The evening light slanted through the silvery leaves and the air was full of the noise of crickets and cicadas. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z I kind of thought then that the car was leaning a little more than the slant of the road would be, but I never found it out until I got in and started off. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The slant was very steep and there were only a few blocks of wood nailed down, very far apart from each other, that the workmen used for footholds. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Max takes me to the steps leading out of the cellar, up to two slanting doors that go straight onto the street. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z But sometimes a certain slant of light would send me back. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Morning light slanted in, picking out floating particles of ash. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z He reached out and grabbed a paper and in the act of grabbing it he turned and looked at the man who was looking at him, a cigarette slanting whitely across his black chin. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “Those Orientals will never be our Orientals because they have the wrong slant on things.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The channel wound between precipitous banks, and slanting from one wall to the other across the valley ran a streak of green—the river and its fields. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z They led the mare back into the slanted red barn. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Its ropes had been looped over the posts and its slanted gangplank slid ashore. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He looks at me slant, not smiling, but clearly tempted to. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The rain came in off the sea hard and slant and stung their faces and he pulled the boy against him. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Gray squirrels streaked down mottled trunks of rubber trees that slanted towards the sun. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Jenny pulled the van into a slanted parking spot in front of a very modern-looking building with giant silhouettes of a dog and cat flanking a heart on its tallest wall. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Once more they started, crawling from hollow to hollow, flitting behind such cover as they could find, but moving always in a slant towards the foothills of the northern range. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z They leaned their backs against the redbrick wall of a building, smoking, their cigarettes slanting white across their black chins. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The fire had burned down long since and there was no light but those strips and slants of dimness creeping across the circle, sketching out a face, a hand, a moveless back. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z With his hands deep in his pockets, another cigarette slanting across his chin, he brooded and watched the men at work across the street. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “About an inch apart, drive these nails in on a slant opposite each other.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z But now the sun was slanting in at one side, so that the shadows were where they ought to be. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Shutters slanted off, wild grasses bowing from the roof. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Then I realized that though the glasses still slanted down, the eyes were no longer focused on the page, but on my face and lighting with a slow smile. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Near the bottom of the hill they came upon another passage that branched off to their right and slanted steeply downward. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z The day before the spring sports awards, Tucker picked me up just as the shadows of the trees began slanting the other direction. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z She let him make every decision about the food and about Baby, spending most of her time on the slanting wooden chair on the veranda. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Late in the afternoon the sun slanted down into the mossy yard belonging to Francie Nolan’s house, and warmed the worn wooden fence. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Shorty looks at me slant, the way he often looks at me now. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z We saw Kostor, which is four miles high, from foot to crest; the huge slant of its western slope hid the peaks north of it, some of which go up to thirty thousand feet. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z The air inside was dim and still, slanted with light from the side windows, not those pretty stained-glass windows but milky panes you can’t really see through. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She was moving upward at a slant between two walls of rock. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Luke was there, which made me happy, but they kept him downstairs with another baby while I had to sleep upstairs in a room with a slanted ceiling that frightened me. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z But all over the countryside, neighbors, leaning against slanting porch posts or standing in open cabin doorways and listening, knew that it was Sounder. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z How beautiful and safe it looked, with the sunshine slanting in the window! The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z He could not see by the slant of the line that the fish was circling. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Thin slants of light cut through the blinds, painting yellow stripes against my arms. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Griphook looked at him out of the corners of his slanting black eyes. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z They sat me next to a Caucasian girl who happened to have very slanted eyes. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z The shadows of the palm trees slanted across the freeway — defined, sharper than I remembered, paler than they should be. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Very conscientiously, he parted the canes and clipped one in the middle, holding the shears at a careful slant, taking care not to injure a larger cane adjacent to it. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The same word slanted up or down the scale can have many different meanings. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He had a catlike face with slanted eyes and a half smile. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Then, just as Pax had done, she leaped up onto the slant of the trunk. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I could feel it in my throat and I looked off into the trees where the afternoon slanted, thinking of afternoon and of the bird and the boys in swimming. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The stairs slanted at an awkward angle, making them even more difficult to climb. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z His slanted almond-shaped eyes, sunk deep within their pinkish rims, were closed; one large triangular ear caught the firelight, flushing the inside a delicate pink, so that it appeared almost translucent. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The sun slanted in strong, bronze-colored rays over the green fields of the new cotton. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “You hold your fingers and wrist stiff. All the movement comes from your arm. You begin by rotating the flesh on your arm so that your pen will form slanting circles.” Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The sun will slant through the branches, shining in the sprinkles of dew drying on the lids. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z And finally she saw it as if the moon was illuminating it just for her: a barn slanted to the left. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z I take in the angles of the room, the slant of light flooding through panes of glass, the planes that separate us, the irony of drapes to create darkness. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z As he watched the bird dipped again slanting his wings for the dive and then swinging them wildly and ineffectually as he followed the flying fish. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Mother sat on the sofa’s edge, her mouth open in a slant. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Then there was a bird slanting and tilting on it. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z A slanting tongue of sunlight reached all the way to where she stood and illuminated her face and headdress. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z High wooden desks that sit two, with slanted tops and holes for inkwells, are arranged in rows. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The vision melted into waking; and there was Tom whistling like a tree-full of birds; and the sun was already slanting down the hill and through the open window. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “Maybe the table could be slanted and the right legs up in the air.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Stalls were arranged along aisles, the merchandise on deep shelves that slanted down. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z The ceiling of my tiny room slanted downward in two corners, making it seem even smaller than it really was. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He got hold of the rail and pulled himself aboard and turned and crouched on the slant of the wood deck shivering. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z The widest of these slanted in from the left with the remains of a railway track. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z The crawl space was tight, with a slanted ceiling covered with tiny saw-toothed stalactites. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z They rode off along a path that wound away from behind the house, and went slanting up towards the north end of the hill-brow under which it sheltered. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Then, with his right hand he felt the difference in the pull of the line before he saw the slant change in the water. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Thomas followed his gaze just in time to see Newt walk though the slanted door. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Come on, he thought and looked down into the dark water at the slant of the line. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The late afternoon sun slanted through the open door and fell across Hannah’s gnarled hands as they moved swiftly and surely. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Jean looks at me through her lashes, on the slant. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z When she woke, the pale light of morning was slanting through her window, yet she felt as sick and achy as if she had not slept at all. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z As I went on along the path I realized that a whole village or town was scattered about in the shadow of that slanting forest, all as random as Rer was, but secretive, peaceful, rural. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Bridge leaned to look and saw a page of slanted handwriting in perfect lines. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z He began to fall, the stairs slanting dangerously before him. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z What you have to lose is your story, your own slant. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Moon-light slanted between the slats of the shutters, laying pale silvery bars across her father's face. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I knew, from the tight and slanted script on the back, who it was. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Rain showers had begun to slant down out of the sky again, but the rain wasn’t the problem. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The metal grilles curved up and down like mouths, and an extra set of handles slanted like eyebrows. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z His eyes are so dark they look black, and they slant a little at the edges. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z The October days are lovely and I want to sit outside looking up the lane at the way the sun slants along the wall opposite our house. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z A moment later she emerged, carrying an open umbrella now, which she slanted ahead into the wind, and crossed to the woodpile and laid the umbrella down, still open. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Beams of light stretch across the polished tile, slanting through the ceiling windows. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z And then, when she had finished, she began her letters, five, six, seven perhaps to be answered, all written in that same curious, slanting hand I knew so well. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z It was a huge wooden building with a great slanting roof divided up into parts. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Ali watched me with his slanted face, like he was about to bust out laughing himself. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z The afternoon light slanted down through the high windows, so that up close to the ceiling the air was flecked with glowing gold specks. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z The moon was low now and the light, wherever it slanted through the trees, seemed thicker, older and more yellow. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The tops of the sheer buildings slanted in weird, surrealistic perspective, and the street seemed tilted. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The baboons straggled out from under the trees in the slanting golden light of late afternoon. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The next rock was what she expected, a sharp upward slant with jagged outcroppings. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He left Calamity to guard the books and the honey and raced outside, skidding to a stop right in front of the slanted structure. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z He opened one bright, slanted eye when he felt the old blanket being dropped over him, then pushed his head under the cover, awaiting the opportunity he knew Would come later. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She was mostly obscured by the drapes, and one stockinged leg was supported by the knee of the other, which gave it its curious, slanting and levitated appearance. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The wooden clothes hangers were straight across, not with slanted sides like American hangers. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z She shooed them into the kitchen, where Aloe was frying plantains in slanted golden slices. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z “I’m afraid I encouraged her. I passed along some slanted information. I wanted to give her hope that someday the Population Law would be repealed. I didn’t know she’d...she’d...” Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z Just as Hazel had predicted, it slanted down, then leveled out and went south. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The sun slanted in and lay golden over half the platform. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Nel was the first person who had been real to her, whose name she knew, who had seen as she had the slant of life that made it possible to stretch it to its limits. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z He was not sitting upright but slanted, a book covering his face, as though oblivious that he had just asked people in. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z A thin ribbon of thick water that lapped wearily at the mud banks on either side, sequined with the occasional silver slant of a dead fish. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Whatever that place was, it wasn’t his room, which was long and narrow and slanted downhill. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z The mountains still loomed up ominously on their left, but near at hand they could see the southward road, now bearing away from the black roots of the hills and slanting westwards. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Dark, steep shadows slanted in from the window. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The gray windows of the house slanted at strange angles. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z It had a good gravel bottom, so I drove through the water till I got around the wreck, then went up the slanted red-clay bank and got back to the road. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Claire strokes my forehead, dozing, the slant of light through my panes growing golden, then dim, the afternoon passing. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z A little bell rang as she did so, and a gentleman who was seated on a high stool behind a slanting desktop looked up at her over his spectacles. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Eleanor went to the window again, but there was still sunlight slanting across the lawn. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z She looked at my eyes, my ears, the slant of my nose, my cheekbones and my neck and the tiny freckles across my cheeks that no one ever noticed. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z She says the slant of the floor makes her feel as if she is “running down.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I would study “Tiburon, S.C.” on the back of the black Mary picture, the funny slant of the lettering, and wonder what sort of place it was. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Sunlight slanted across Our Lady and fell down around us. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Out under the trees, some rangers had found enough duff and dry wood to start a fire beneath a slanting ridge of slate. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The flame had a lovely light, staining the paper, curling the edges, making the slanting writing impossible to distinguish. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The sunlight was slanting now into the palms by the wrecked shelter. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z She looked out over the flat roofs, uneven in height, broken once in a while by a slanting roof from a house left over from older times. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The workbook was called The Palmer Method, but the title was not printed; it was handwritten in big, oversized, sober-looking letters, slanting to the right. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He cannot see her view—the angle of his vision, the slant of her finger, makes it incomprehensible to him. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Kit had not even noticed the slanting sun. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z They stay with me even then, as I lie awake and stare at the wooden beams in the slanted ceiling. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z It happened to be standing out in front of the house, right where the ground broke away in a sharp slant toward the spring and creek. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z It is an attic room with slanted ceilings, just like their childhood bedroom in Zundert. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z By instinct now, it responded to the slanting wing, the dark, enlarging speck, growing each moment, lowering, and coming toward Ben and his family, whose very destinies were fastened to the humming frames of jets. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Daylight slants like a razor cutting the buildings in half. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Even with the glasses, everything has an unfamiliar slant to it. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Tally frowned, reading the first line of slanted words. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z He and his father had walked to the very tip, across the breakwater, a string of giant gray slanted stones, and then on the narrow, final inward crescent of sand. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z With a doorway never needing to be closed, a view slanted for light and bright autumn leaves but not rain. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “Max—from Rebecca. May 17th,” written in a curious, slanting hand. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z A cold rain slanted down onto the tar paper and onto the lone figure sitting on the ledge overlooking the empty street below. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z While the flickering beam of the movie projector slants through the darkness over her head, Tessie admits to herself that she doesn’t want to marry Michael Antoniou. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The slanting holes were full of spinning yellow. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z “There’s nothing alive...at least not for several hundred feet. The tunnel slants down, then levels out and goes south, more or less. I don’t sense any traps...” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Stepping inside, one found oneself in a small living room with slanted walls and dormer windows. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The walk from the outer wall to the main castle gate was slanted slightly down, not much of an incline, but a steady one. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Sunlight slanted in and cast a triangular wedge of light onto the Afghan rug on the floor. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z After the rain let up, he pulled on some clothes and went into the slanted red barn to see the swallows. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z He shaded a thick loop of the letter Z with slanting lines. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z He had three long red marks slanting across the left side of his face. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Inside the closed double lip of his jaws all of his eight rows of teeth were slanted inwards. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The sun slanted through the dirty attic window, lighting the dust motes dancing in the air. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z By day the court was illuminated by sunlight that streamed in through the cracked and broken slates and slanted up through the eaves. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z I could see her black heavy figure piling off down the slant on the far side of Birdsong Creek. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z The sun slanted directly downward through the chinks in the roof when the sermon ended. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z I peered into my report card while Kevin was driving me home and saw 1/25, written in a hand so slanted I had to study it to make sure it was not 7/25. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z The ceiling was slanted, with dark wood beams cutting through the white. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z He had to bend his head beneath the attic’s slanted roof. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z She was six feet tall, with huge, slanted green eyes and thick red lips and a vacant, Slavic expression. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z The note is written on blue-green construction paper in perfectly straight print—not a hint of slant. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z Not a tilt exactly, but a definite slant, you could say. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I closed my eyes and in my mind I could see the funnel-like entrance of the hole, and the sharp slanting points of the nails. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z It might be an appetite for other streets, other slants of light. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z But up close, in the sunlight slanting in from the window, they’re a light golden color and so long I don’t see how they keep from getting all tangled up when he blinks. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The spear struck down through the water and slanted off. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z The woman drank from the water in her hand and then flicked the rest away, the droplets scattering like crystals in the slanting light, and when she looked up she saw Ash staring at her. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The wall was three feet thick, the window a tunnel slanting up and out. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The eyes slanted downward, never blinking, unfeeling as a snake’s. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Moon Orchid did indeed see a boy whose head was big, his curls enlarging it, his eyebrows thick and slanted like an opera warrior’s. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z At either end of the house, a stone chimney rose from the slanted rooftop. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z I wanted to ask him how it felt to have slanted eyes, hair like pine needles, and coppery-colored skin. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z At Manzanar, past the fear of slanted eyes and high cheekbones, I watched with fresh amazement the variety of faces and bodies and costumes all around me. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z The house, like the others on the slanting hillside street, was a conventional suburban ranch house, pleasant and commonplace. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z She sat down on one of the low wooden chairs that slanted so that she had to recline in them in order to rest her back. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The second picture contained for foreground only the dim peak of a hill, with grass and some leaves slanting as if by a breeze. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z The walls were black and smooth and slanted far up over my head. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Sunlight slanted in from the left, casting a shadow on half of his rotund face. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The whole world was white, filled with dime-sized snowflakes that fell at a slant before being caught by the wind and hurled in a variety of directions. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z In one of the windows he caught a glimpse of a sallow face with sly, slanting eyes; but it vanished at once. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Banks of fluorescent lights hung down eighteen inches above the slanted, glass-topped desks where men wearing green eyeshades conferred over stacks of copy and photographs. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z A thunder blast seemed to slant the rain for a second. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Even with the afternoon sunlight slanting in through the dormer windows, the farthest reaches of the attic were deep in shadow. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Dropping the iron I fished the anonymous note from beneath the pile and held it by a corner, so that the slanting sun shone through the page and outlined the scrawling letters. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Their course had been chosen to leave Woodhall to their left, and to cut slanting through the woods that clustered along the eastern side of the hills, until they reached the flats beyond. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Despite the slanted nature of the news, we were glad to have it, and prided ourselves on reading between the lines and making educated guesses based on the obvious omissions. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They smoked in silence for a while, and the sun shone on them; slanting into the valley from among white clouds high in the West. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z It rained in slants here in Port Harcourt so that the water hit the windows and walls rather than the roof. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z It’s really neat and pretty in some paragraphs, then it gets all slanted and jumbled in others. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The old dog grinned hideously in pleasure, his slanted eyes blinking strangely in the sudden light. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z His handwriting was messy, slanting across the page, the size of the letters varying, the color of the pen changing. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z There was no chair for a guest, so I sat on the slanting footstool, supposedly a camel’s saddle. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Below them a steep, icy slope slanted downward. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z She wedged a pole across the branches over her head and leaned reeds against it to make a slanted windbreak. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Two of the five bedrooms have slanted roofs, and it’s the only house on the island with a full attic. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Winds slant sideways, crushing raindrops mixed with sea spray against the glass panes. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The room is cavernous, with high, slanted ceilings and exposed wooden beams that give me the feeling of being in a giant barn. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z I saw the flag flapping, and the sun slanting on the broad grass. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z I was learning under fire how the press, when it wants to, can twist, and slant. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Piayei landed two dozen yards upstream and Piety was slanting toward the bank when die defenders came pounding down the riverside, the hooves of their war- horses sending up gouts of water from the shallows. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Above us was the second-story porch, lined with slanting, rotting rails, and sitting on the porch was the Maginot Line herself. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z The sun had been slanting through the chinks in the shed wall for hours when Kit heard the heavy bolt withdrawn and the shed door opened. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z It happened so suddenly that at first the agent cringed and doubled over thinking the hailstones were bullets from somebody behind or off at a slant below his exposed rear. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The second floor, essentially an attic, was even narrower than the first, the house tapering under a slanted roof. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I picture Sohrab’s face, the pointed meaty chin, his small seashell ears, his slanting bamboo- leaf eyes so much like his father’s. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He made a quick drop, slanting down on his back-swept wings, and then circled again. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The spoon slanting a bit, so that a bulge of the pudding was about to slide off, nutmeg skin and all. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z It had a cellar that one could enter only from the outside under a metal door that slanted away from the house and opened onto stone stairs. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Eight library carts—three tiers of slanted shelves on wheels—were lined up in front of the door to the 000s room. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z For six months the stream of stars slants across the sky from, so to speak, northeast to southwest; the other six months it slants from southeast to northwest. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Once more, amid the breeze, the shouting, the slanting sunlight on the high mountain, was shed that glamour, that strange invisible light of friendship, adventure, and content. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z It has a slanted roof covered in rounded shingles like fish scales, and a swirly gingerbread trim. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z The ceiling slanted on the far side, and there was only one window. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z There was an avalanche of boulders inside the slanted tunnel. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z Tell all the truth but tell it slant. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The slant of the line showed he was swimming at a lesser depth. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He pulled himself up the slanting deck, and grabbed for the rail. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The roadbed slants down at 45 degrees on both sides. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Bristle stretched out in a patch of slanting sunlight. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The room beyond slanted down until the ceiling was only three feet high. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Here the lights were set in the ceiling; at the far end, Mrs. Frisby could see, the long tunnel continued and looked as if it slanted upward again—perhaps to another entrance, a back door. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z The trunk lay on a steep slant from the top of the bank to the water. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z A neighbor was building a wood fire in one corner and despite the slanting openings in the roof, the smoke choked the kitchen. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The sun slanted through to the moss here and there, leveller. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Jack is handsome, too, with short black hair and warm, slanted eyes, like Tori’s, and high cheekbones. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z It took her more than an hour to find the low narrow window that slanted down to the dungeon where the monsters waited. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Milton’s chin dipped, fattening his neck, and his eyebrows slanted in disbelief. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Then he stepped up again, set his left leg, fixed his eyes, and waited for the quick swing of the pitcher’s arm, the flashing slant of the ball through the blue-and-white air. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z They looked up like slanting cat’s eyes at the moldy bison head. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Its sides—clad in weather-beaten shingles and inset with a series of large windows—slanted obliquely inward, rising toward a gambrel roof. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z She walked gingerly up the slanted roof, exaggerating the difficulty of balancing without her hands. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z “The corn told me that if you follow the stream going east, you’ll find a red barn with a slanted roof. Did the corn tell you that?” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z It was a scroll of parchment with Harry’s name written upon it in familiar thin, slanting writing. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z That weird scrawl of small and large letters that slant to the left instead of to the right. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z He went on to rhapsodize that “the pliant body of Miss Astaire . . . assumes a slanting partial paralysis which slays boredom where it sits.” ‘The Astaires,’ by Kathleen Riley 2012-06-01T22:36:06Z The answer is, surprisingly, the Atlantic, since the canal runs more or less north to south but on a slant. Simon Hoggart's week: a stalking horse from the same stable 2013-02-01T15:39:43Z Other projects in the works, as ever, seem bound to have an unconventional slant. Henry Threadgill’s Musical Spring Is Varied and Extreme. Like He Is. 2023-05-28T04:00:00Z I think she’s a beautiful singer in quite a slanted way. White House event sparks collaboration between poet and singer 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z I am well above tree line, skis edged into the chalky slant like razor blades, and I’m momentarily frozen by the raw Alpine expanse surrounding me. At Montana’s Big Sky Resort, a new perspective on skiing 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z A recent "Oklahoma!" at Washington, D.C.'s Arena Stage mingled races on the range with a feminist slant. 5th Avenue's 'Oklahoma!': a multicultural frontier 2012-02-08T21:36:04Z Photograph: David Levene for the Observer "They are almost news stories but I have tried to give a mythological slant to them," he says. Jeremy Deller's visions of England 2013-06-01T22:00:01Z Below it, on a slanting surface, lies the glowing screen of an iPad. Reading Myself Aloud 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z The other country that springs to mind with a similar poetic slant is Poland, and there may be a clue in that. Author, author: Nick Laird 2010-10-22T23:07:00Z Eschewing temporary walls, it has little islands demarcated by slanted columns that are covered in blown-up photographs. Picasso Aplenty, at the Pace and Gagosian Galleries 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z The film is in fact narrated in flashback, with Maguire's Nick attempting therapy for his depression and alcoholism, an interesting 21st century slant on all the frenzied drinking going on. The Great Gatsby - review 2013-05-14T12:04:00Z A significant portion of her work explores gender roles, often with a subversive slant, but when asked if she considers herself a feminist, she seems taken aback. Pasadena Playhouse's 'Pygmalion' is more a rethinking than a revival 2015-03-21T04:00:00Z Their slant “was the sculptural element that made the work as dramatic as possible,” said Ms. Pepper, 87, who visits Waccabuc periodically to check on her project. House Proud: Theater Producers Put Drama in Their Own Backyard 2010-08-11T22:44:00Z One lecturer said with nostalgia that he'd just received an essay with an old-fashioned Marxist slant. Election memories 2010-04-09T23:07:00Z With the open-ended quality of the Iliad's poetics comes the possibility of countless interpretations, infinite vistas that slant out from its humane, grand, ringing lines. King Priam, a pacifist's opera, can still shed light on the trauma of war 2012-05-24T09:32:34Z “But they were slanted S’s,” Austin recalled, which made them look like the Nazi Schutzstaffel logo. George Michael Preferred Music to Fame. The Doc He Made Does, Too. 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z A new “Rheingold” typically holds clues, but often little more, to a producer’s overall slant on the “Ring.” Review: A Promising Start to 'Ring' Cycle 2010-03-23T17:10:00Z There’s a futurist slant to its stride, no less on several jazz standards than on Mr. Iyer’s darkly ruminative compositions, which flesh out stark rhythmic ideas with a deep, gathering intrigue. The Best Albums of 2015 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z Good on Collin for pointing out the male-oriented slant of The Hobbit then, but worth mentioning that Jackson is working with problematic material. Next part of Hobbit unveiled 2013-03-25T16:21:55Z The kitchen slants and Leah steadies herself with a hand to the sideboard. NW by Zadie Smith – extract 2012-08-17T21:55:12Z You certainly don't have to use it exclusively with dishes that slant Middle Eastern or Mediterranean: "Wrap Brie with puff pastry, top with matbucha, and bake," suggested Kezner. Meet the "it" condiment that belongs on your shelf 2022-01-17T05:00:00Z This smooth, slanting movement is interrupted by an intertitle: “We are the same.” Five International Movies to Stream Now 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z “Cut in a relaxed fit with front slant pockets, back patch pockets and two patch pockets at the chest. Finished with a zip fly and buttoned front closure.” Urban Outfitters selling 'vintage' US Navy coveralls draws online outrage 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z He kept his tone level, only occasionally lightening up for a zinger or showing flashes of pique, mostly defaulting to a slight, closed-mouthed slant of a grin. Debate Watch: Pointed Questions and a Hot Cuppa Joe 2012-10-12T12:16:43Z “The mantel was a problem because it was asymmetrical, too high and it slanted toward the back wall.” Eight great ideas from the 2015 D.C. Design House 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z Their marriage endures, growing slant ways, perhaps, in its tenacious struggle to find enough light to bloom. Deceptively simple 'Olive Kitteridge' unfolds as work of art 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z As I delved further and further into the bizarre world of bamboo-fibers and up-cycling, my austere childhood took on an entirely different slant. Why depriving your kids of toys is a great idea 2015-09-01T04:00:00Z Twist on original: Details surrounding Anderson’s slant are few and far between. Back for the future: rating Disney's slate of live-action fantasy remakes 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z Vats of rice, mutton and dal had been prepared, and we ate on flat rooftops with views of the valley walls slanting sharply into the clouds. Following a Folk Tale Through the Himalayas 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z Wheelchair Access The entrance is at a small slant from the sidewalk. Bracing Burmese Food, Full of Contradictions, at Together 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z The factory sits a block from Bristol’s main drag, trim and plain, its red brick and slanted dusty windows newly washed with sunlight. A Tennessee Clothing Factory Keeps Up the Old Ways 2013-08-14T22:12:21Z On the other, images shared by local hotels, venues and influencers are often designed to draw you in with a particular slant of glossy appeal. How to use Instagram to plan your vacation 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z Other scholars familiar with the period, however, question both its claims to originality and its insistently dark slant, starting with the title. Scholar Asserts That Hollywood Avidly Aided Nazis 2013-06-25T21:59:09Z Beginning the documentary's in the thick of that wreckage establishes its slant, which you can be certain Musk will point out if he deigns to comment on it at all. "Elon Musk's Crash Course" warns of the danger of a billionaire's love of being unreasonable 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z It's sobering, then, to recall that during its first half-century of existence, from the 1950s until the ascendance of slanted channels such as Fox News and MSNBC, TV news strove for fairness and objectivity. Ted Baxter pursued fame over journalism – but unlike today’s pundits, he didn't corrupt the news 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z Later she applied similar discipline to motifs of slanted bars and arabesques — forms that nod to Seurat’s diagonals and Matisse’s cutouts. Bridget Riley, Through Her Own Eyes 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z Thus, for the type designer, the creation of a font entails much brooding at the drawing board over the architecture, proportion and slant of each character in a range of weights and sizes. Adrian Frutiger Dies at 87; His Type Designs Show You the Way 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z The slanting rays of midmorning played across the reflective surface of the water below. T Magazine: Bright Idea 2012-11-29T22:30:55Z With a very technological and scientific slant, AND is as much about the process, collaboration and evolution of work over time, as it is about the final product. Manchester's Cornerhouse goes on a digital spree 2012-08-10T14:00:00Z But linked by the specific slant of curator Lundin's theme, most of them play off each other in a thought-provoking way. Prographica's 'Space Between Things': the lure of the void 2012-10-04T20:05:14Z Known as the Northern Cumberland Plateau, this upland region slants through north Tennessee northeastward into Kentucky. Visit the South's Arch Country 2011-05-18T13:20:07.640Z Mr. Evans has brought the same inquisitive slant to his ensemble music, which most listeners would align with avant-garde jazz. With Peter Evans on Trumpet, Only the Shape Is Familiar 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z The slants of the pleated facade create unusual gallery spaces indoors, some with inclined walls. Heads Up: A Mid-Michigan Museum Draws a Crowd 2013-06-06T15:27:40Z Ms. Burre is never not aware of the camera, and this all-access slice of life is also a highly constructed artifact, with some notable slants and omissions. ‘Actress’ Centers on Brandy Burre’s Life 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z It was “Abraham’s New Gift,” by the bassist Jasper Hoiby, who set up its slanted rhythmic scaffolding with a quick, complicated ostinato, his long fingers flying across the strings. Music Review: Phronesis, European Jazz Trio, Performs at Jazz Standard 2013-07-03T20:37:07Z Other bits are frighteningly dated or always felt slanted, particularly the portrayal of women. “The House of God,” a Book as Sexist as It Was Influential, Gets a Sequel 2019-12-25T05:00:00Z The key question is whether Brooklyn really wants something different from everywhere else, something watered down, something slanted more to popular culture than to high culture. Arts & Leisure Preview: Pondering Brooklyn Museum?s Mission and Future 2010-08-05T15:17:00Z Even the slant of the light, as if it wanted to bend back time, brings on nostalgia. My Favorite Place: Little Compton, R.I. 2011-09-23T18:58:31Z The new material proves their choruses remain cut-throat, their beats bristling and their brains bubbling: there's a Rubber Soul slant to Folk Hero Shtick and a fresh political bite to the New Order-aping Reagan's Skeleton. Yeasayer – review 2012-07-12T15:58:43Z The jazzy music kept this thought going through several tough little day dresses with a 1940s slant. On the Runway Blog: Dame Patrol in Milan 2012-09-22T11:34:40Z In the church basement, sunlight slanting through a stained-glass window, she patted the paste around her thumb. The Kitchen Is Her Stage. (It Could Actually Be Your Kitchen.) 2017-08-30T04:00:00Z All of which frees this show to take poetic license — to tell its version of the truth, but to tell it weirdly, delightfully slant. ‘Dickinson’ Is an Offbeat Literary Origin Story, Written in Fire 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z “Raked,” her new piece at this Wooster Street gallery, also takes its cues from theatrical infrastructure; it’s a slanted stage that supports a vast array of black, machinelike forms. Art Trek: A Critic’s Gallery Crawl Through SoHo and TriBeCa 2014-04-04T17:47:11Z But you'll see the direction they are slanting the movie in, just by the dialog style of this script," he added. " Apple co-founder Wozniak says parts of Jobs film "totally wrong" 2013-01-25T20:36:57Z Burre is never not aware of the camera, and this all-access slice of life is also a highly constructed artifact, with some notable slants and omissions. ‘Actress’: Role or reality? Brandy Burre plays herself 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z Other letters are slightly slanted, or awkwardly sized and spaced. Design: If There Were an Oscar for Film Titles 2011-02-21T03:00:04Z Within is preserved some of Virginia’s finest woodwork, notably the heart-pine paneling encasing the southwest parlor, a neoclassical box that is especially fetching in slanted sunlight. Home & Design: History helps breathe life into a Georgian manor in Virginia There, lit by a soft slant of July sunlight, was a stash of strange looking currency. Shame by a thousand looks: The microaggressions of poverty 2019-04-06T04:00:00Z One way to do this is to go to great lengths to make it seem like you are telling both sides of the story, even though your retelling of events is heavily slanted. This is not about political correctness or Internet outrage. It’s about where we draw the line 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z His life was taking on a surreal slant, yoked to a strange secret that separated him from others. T Magazine: Time Travel 2012-05-10T13:00:55Z Emily Dickinson famously wrote “tell all the truth but tell it slant.” Review | The real-life soap opera behind the publication of Emily Dickinson’s poems 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z What we learn about Israel comes to us through media coverage that is slight and slanted at best, mainly broadcasting government officials’ fiery declarations as a backdrop to scenes of rock-throwing protesters and explosions. In 2023, nobody knows how to discuss the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In 2013, Anthony Bourdain did 2023-10-22T04:00:00Z This action is the focus of “Northeaster,” where a sloping wave parallels the slant of an immense rock; water curls toward shore at the right, and disintegrates into a large plume toward the left. Winslow Homer: Radical Impressionist 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z "Globally, there remains a dire need for journalism that isn't slanted towards any one country, political or commercial viewpoint." BBC global audience rises by 14m 2012-06-28T11:25:07Z The face is interesting, and appealing, with changeable slants and angles. Elementary, my dear Cumberbatch 2010-07-16T23:02:00Z It’s a romantic idea of reincarnation but at the same time there is a philosophical slant. A Conversation With the Top Prize Winner of Cannes 2010-05-23T19:04:00Z In the end, Hartnell's script rushes to pile everything in, as the story slants into melodrama and sentimentality. 1920s Montana comes to life in Book-It's 'Prairie Nocturne' 2012-02-17T18:44:05Z There are scenes in “The Spy” where it looks like you, not a stunt double, are the one scaling buildings and sneaking across slanted rooftops. Sacha Baron Cohen Plays It Straight in ‘The Spy’ 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z The teacher should be disciplined if she was trying to slant her students against President Trump, which violates her professional duty to educate rather than propagandize. Don't tape our teachers: Why surreptitious recording in the classroom isn't OK 2017-09-03T04:00:00Z In "Hidden," there's genuine mystery afoot, as a magpie and a crow inhabit a high, slanting mountain valley. Review: Seattle artists' landscapes make the sky their limit 2011-03-24T22:34:07Z The soundtrack is available in both explicit and clean versions, because Crazy Ex-Girlfriend was initially slated to run on Showtime and some of the original songs had a decidedly R-rated slant to them. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend: 'The songs are the heart of the show' 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z A father conjured slant, made small enough to fit in a kid's hand. "E.T." at 40: A personal reflection on the importance of a "closed story" 2022-06-11T04:00:00Z Small quiet observations like the slant of sunlight across a wall recall Emily Dickinson. 5 Art Accounts to Follow on Instagram Now 2020-11-18T05:00:00Z Ether, the Southbank Centre's celebration of musical innovation and technology, is always a broad church, but this year many of the events have a distinctly transatlantic slant. BBCCO/Lockhart – review 2012-10-12T11:18:40Z She also trains herself to look over her shoulder for the landing spot, which is important for halfpipe riders who must land on a slanted wall. Faster, Higher, Stronger: Never Too Cool for a Hard Workout 2010-02-18T03:36:00Z In a clearing, half a dozen farmers had set slanting wooden boards on the ground, arranged in a circle. A Three-Day Trek in the Highlands of Myanmar 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z This slant takes Harper in a few eccentric directions. Dementia Patients Aren’t in Their ‘Perfect Mind.’ Then Again, Who Is? 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z I thought it was worth revisiting the film, especially having a Hispanic slant. Robert Rodriguez creates TV channel for Latinos, in English 2014-03-11T20:12:33Z They have assembled a historical show with a very specific slant, but with rewards for everyone. Art Review: Sexuality in Modernism: The (Partial) History 2010-12-10T23:38:00Z There’s the title, which is awkward to say out loud, and the cover, which features a garish racial stereotype — cartoonish slanted eyes imposed on a block of yellow. She Wrote a Blistering Satire About Publishing. The Publishing Industry Loves It. 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z And yet we have made such a habit of it that adults are increasingly bad at telling a fact from an opinion, truth from slant. We need to stop lying to kids about Donald Trump 2019-01-19T05:00:00Z But Mr. Russell also plays material by Bob Dylan, Van Morrison and the Rolling Stones, always with his own Southern slant. Leon Russell, From Rising to Resurgent 2016-11-14T05:00:00Z It was a combination of new wave and dance music, and Chicago DJs putting a new slant on it. Kaskade brings it back to the city that first inspired him 2013-10-03T14:42:21Z After a messy throat-slitting at the end of the last episode, things continue on a grisly slant tonight with corpses being discovered, some mutilated. TV highlights 10/07/2012 2012-07-09T19:00:04Z Former lawyers and clerics who came in with wonderfully weird new slants. Are literary classics obsolete? 2012-05-31T00:00:00Z Vonnegut’s son, the physician Mark Vonnegut, takes a more ethical slant, emphasizing our emotional and physical interconnectedness. Why are we here? Evolution’s dirty secrets 2013-06-02T11:00:00Z All you do is flip the shelves over so the little lip is facing up, then adjust the brackets or pegs so each shelf slants downward. Why haven't we been storing canned food like this all along? 2022-07-04T04:00:00Z She wrote about her love for cooking, New York and sex, in that order, putting a satirical slant on each subject. Nora Ephron 2012-06-27T17:17:21Z The worldly poems in this collection, Prikryl’s second, extend her slant interest in periods of transition, “the luxury of each ending’s weakness / for order.” New & Noteworthy Poetry From James Tate, Jana Prikryl and More 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z Wilmore's new show isn't the first Comedy Central venture to give a minority slant to satire. Larry Wilmore to replace Colbert on Comedy Central 2014-05-10T03:51:53Z Of course, there's an Olympic slant to proceedings, but in a good way. Constructive criticism: the week in architecture 2012-06-22T15:10:34Z One informant warned agents that Bradbury, who died June 5 at age 91, wrote stories that were "definitely slanted" against capitalism. FBI suspected Ray Bradbury of communist sympathies 2012-08-30T18:48:16Z “Every time I park, it’s slanted,” she said. Think the pandemic made you forget how to drive and park? Experts explain what’s going on. 2021-05-16T04:00:00Z The touching footage of Mr. Polunin as a young child and outstandingly talented teenager, his desperate need to be best, his vulnerable cockiness, lend a new and touching slant to the well-known bad-boy narrative. Sergei Polunin, Ballet’s Bad Boy, Has a Change of Heart 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z While it is true that the Boxster Spyder's rounded back and slanted, sculpted hood echo that fateful coupe, officials at Porsche say their newest edition is more about an era than just one model. Hottest Summer Convertibles 2010-06-11T20:15:00Z As usual, Mr. Neuenfels’s interpretive slants come through the most in the way he lumps groups of people together during episodes with chorus. At Salzburg Festival, Two Bold Directors Claim Their Stages 2018-08-12T04:00:00Z The ears were slanted in attack position, its teeth yellow splinters buried in black gums. Experience: I fought off a mountain lion 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z But inevitably these shows are slanted simply by the question of access. Review: 'The People v. O.J. Simpson' and 'American Crime' Aim for Ambiguity 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z In one image from Yokosuka, a hulking warship slants against the shoreline, a dark, daunting double of the land askew. In her photos, Ishiuchi Miyako focuses on the dynamics, tensions of postwar Japan 2015-10-24T04:00:00Z Birch, incidentally, is a mother of two, so it’s as tempting as it is irrelevant to wonder whether these themes slant personal. Review: In ‘Anatomy of a Suicide,’ Pain in Triplicate 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z From the first moments of the title track, which opens the album, you experience a distinctively slanted feeling, the byproduct of an unstable but carefully coordinated form of counterpoint. At Last, a Box Henry Threadgill Fits Nicely Into: Pulitzer Winner 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z The weathercock at sunset Would lose the slanted ray,And I would climb the beacon That looked to Wales away And saw the last of day. Poem of the week: When summer's end is nighing by AE Housman 2011-08-15T08:46:43Z Performed by six dancers on three benches placed at a slant on the stage, it's a meditation on revelry, peril and loss. UW's Chamber Dance revives haunting 'Hold' 2011-10-14T17:23:04Z However, some of the charming quirks of a house that dates to 1900 were still there: slanted floors, wooden doorknobs that rattle and brass hinges layered with paint. How a family made a 1900 rowhouse their own without breaking the bank 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z “Her article is ideologically slanted and a prime example of a disturbing trend in journalism, where agenda-driven advocacy masquerades as objective reporting,” wrote Koch attorney Mark V. Holden in his letter. Koch Brothers’ involvement in Time Inc. purchase raises concerns 2017-11-27T05:00:00Z And the combination allows “The Events” to address and embrace, with its own slanted eloquence, atrocities that are usually beyond words. Review: In ‘The Events,’ a Shooting Leaves a Survivor in Purgatory 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z Everywhere, there are slanting dark-timbered barns and ornate chalets huddling up the slopes. Trekking the Tour du Mont Blanc 2015-07-19T04:00:00Z In fact, as the numbers show, most students in higher education programs have an almost negligible exposure to courses that offer content susceptible to ideological slanting. We don’t need to “rethink college” — we need to rethink the arguments against it 2018-09-01T04:00:00Z After talking with Mr. Otero for a while, we drifted down the north face to soak in the slanted rays cut for us by peaks with names like Prophet, Redoubt and Terror. Footsteps: Climbing a Peak That Stirred Kerouac 2012-11-16T16:27:46Z Telling the truth, but on a slant, in the light particularly suited to our city, Los Angeles. The guilty pleasure of reading Hollywood memoirs 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z Are you trying to reclaim words like yellow and slant for Asian-Americans? “The Slants” Suit: Asian-American Band Goes to Court Over Name 2013-10-23T16:54:59Z There are slant guitar chords that we use in our music. “The Slants” Suit: Asian-American Band Goes to Court Over Name 2013-10-23T16:54:59Z It came under criticism for what was considered a slanted, pro-police perspective, and was permanently pulled from the air by Paramount last year during worldwide protests over the killing of George Floyd. ‘Cops’ creator John Langley dies during road race in Mexico 2021-06-27T04:00:00Z Elsewhere you may be drawn to the slanting handwriting in the bound manuscript in which Bronzino, as serious a poet as painter, recorded his poems and those written in response by his correspondents. For the Medici, the Last Great Picture Show 2021-06-24T04:00:00Z Mr. Abella, 35, who works in network security, said the appeal of MakerBot was that “everybody sees it with their own slant.” 3-D Plastic Art for the Masses: Ready to Print 2011-05-13T12:32:37Z Among them is love’s slanted playing field, for a culture still ensnared by archaic gender norms. Review: Cécile McLorin Salvant Wields Her Power, Drawing From Her Album ‘For One to Love’ 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z But Bombshell also fits into a wider pattern of ripped-from-the-headlines political stories told in a tricksy, almost comic style, and usually with a liberal slant. Why films such as Bombshell aren’t hitting their right-wing media targets 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z Sitting at a table with an unnervingly slanted surface are two officers — cutout shapes with moving limbs and staring silhouetted faces. ‘Doctor Caligari’: Off-balance to a fault 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z Armstrong’s handwriting, he noted, slants upward on every page. Secret No More: Louis Armstrong Center Amplifies Satchmo’s Vision 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z The subtitle of this slanted memoir signals both its musical preoccupations and its cleaved and chimerical structure. Boundary-Pushing Books for Fans of Narrative Experiments 2020-08-11T04:00:00Z I am annoyed that they’re placing more faith in their slanted newsfeeds, which amplified footage of disorderly demonstrators, than in our accounts of people marching passionately but peacefully in our neighborhood. Should My Brother’s Bias Dictate Our Thanksgiving Plans? 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z The Irish Rep’s style of revival — well-upholstered, respectful, with little social or political slant — is part of the problem. Review: ‘London Assurance’ Minds Its Manners 2019-12-15T05:00:00Z To one side of the entrance, there was an outdoor dining room with a slanted wood beam ceiling and an enormous brick oven. | Palatial Near Pienza 2012-09-05T18:00:21Z THE newly revamped W now comes with a slanted logo, as if to say, “Let’s go!” What Does W Stand For? 2010-08-13T16:18:00Z The crescent lines with which their lowered arms answer their upthrust legs are terrific, like the long, slanting curve of the two legs. 3 Exhibitions Where Art Melds With Dance 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z So is this poetry's role: to approach unrest and upheaval slant, and not head-on? What's poetry's role in protest politics? 2010-12-15T17:02:20Z Notwithstanding the assumed tech capabilities of the Glade's unseen string-pullers, "The Maze Runner" puts a refreshingly primitive slant on dystopia. Lost in the dystopian nightmare of 'The Maze Runner' 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z The smoggy air felt like a solid substance we had to push through as we marched along the uneven, slanting sidewalks. In South Korea, a search for beauty, one day at a time 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z The newly revamped W now comes with a slanted logo, as if to say, "Let's go!" What Does W Stand For? 2010-08-13T16:18:00Z It has a different slant on the human condition. Just a chat with your friendly neighborhood president 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z The writing is slanted far to the right, and difficult to read, sometimes impossible. Animal penises’ amazing evolution 2012-06-12T15:40:00Z For the tunnel-like space at New York’s Pier 36, Beckman played with perspective by projecting arch forms onto the slanting, corrugated metal walls, encasing spectators who watched from rows of minimalist steel benches. Alexander Wang’s Heavy-Metal Sets at New York Fashion Week 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z With nods to the Doors, Sly & the Family Stone, the Righteous Brothers and Steve Martin, the latest selections to the Library of Congress’ National Recording Registry have a decidedly California slant. Library of Congress welcomes recordings by the Doors, Righteous Brothers The title sentence, jotted in neatly slanting cursive, is repeated 17 times, filling the page from top to bottom. John Baldessari: An Artist in a Class by Himself 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z Webb’s script was “much more slanted to Johnson,” DuVernay has said, and so she tried to right the balance. “Selma” Vs. “Selma” 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z I shouted, and ran to my room, which was turretlike and nookish, with a gabled window and what sounded like a family of squirrels living under the slanted floorboards of the closet. Modern Love: Modern Love: A Family Fairy Tale, Twice Told 2012-03-22T22:09:06Z Maybe it is my slant on things, but Mr. Turnage’s music is the primary reason that so much seemed so right in “Anna Nicole.” Opera Review: ?Anna Nicole? Reimagined at Covent Garden 2011-02-18T04:59:19Z Playing down sizzling shades in favor of more subdued “off” colors like khaki green and mustard yellow, Veronica Etro called her vision “a new urban slant on the exotic.” Special Report: No Operatic Shout From the Heart 2010-09-24T18:06:00Z If some of the samples are over- or undercooked, it slants the playing field. Tilapia has a terrible reputation. Does it deserve it? 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z As a certain slant of light hits these pages, you’ll also see mythical creatures like colors in a crow’s feathers. Review | As a novelist, David Duchovny is no Sean Penn 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z Ms. Burton brought a fresh take to the house categories of precise tailoring with an Edwardian slant, brief balletskirt dresses and flowing gowns. Special Report: Fashion: Camping It Up in Old Shanghai 2010-10-06T17:35:00Z And while there are plenty of examples of lies from the democrats, it’s worth noting that the incidence of lying slants clearly to the right. Fox News’ new war on truth: This is why Donald Trump and GOP field get away with lies 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z We know that autobiographies, like novels, slant and select. The Autobiography of Fidel?Castro by Norberto Fuentes 2010-04-30T23:14:00Z A history teacher saying “ching-chong-chong” and slanting his eyes while teaching my class about China in middle school. A Pop Culture Shock After the Trip of a Lifetime 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z The sun was brighter now, slanting between the tall buildings, casting shadows and dazzles on the details of cars and trucks. It's All Right I Have a List That Helps to Make Everything Clear and It's Real Easy to Follow by Ian Beck - short story 2012-11-14T12:09:04Z Public policy thus maintained its moralistic and puritanical slant well into the 1930s. Addiction is not a disease: How AA and 12-step programs erect barriers while attempting to relieve suffering 2015-07-11T04:00:00Z The setting certainly reflects that: The dining room, just off the lobby, is set underneath a slanted ceiling of irregularly placed five-foot panels — an almost cubist approach to restaurant design. Choice Tables : Dining in Dublin, From Boxty to Blaa 2014-01-29T20:03:25Z It’s much harder to account for the flashes of inspiration, the slant of seeing, the appetite for the world — to know it down to its core — that keep you coming back to McPhee. The Gloom, Doom and Occasional Joy of the Writing Life 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z Despite efforts to sanitize them or give them a feminist slant, a whiff of something disreputable lingers, something slightly kinky. Fairy Tales About the Fears Within 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z Rather than fight the site’s steep incline, Gandhi built a 3,000-square-foot house that echoes its contours: long and narrow, with a slanted roof that mimics the hillside. In Nova Scotia, Homes as Wild as the Landscape Around Them 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z Especially in black and white, Thom shows a preference for crisp, slanting light and heavy shadow — many of his best pictures, he told me, were taken at 5 a.m. In Wayne Thom's revelatory show, a generation of L.A. buildings gets needed attention 2015-11-15T05:00:00Z I suppose it is an interesting slant – a development. Portraits of the artists 2011-03-05T00:07:22Z The covers of these books reflect the entirely different slant of their contents – close-ups of the chef's faces, smiling rather than glowering; bright backgrounds; snappy suits. A taste for chefs' memoirs 2010-04-22T08:00:00Z The slanting legs betray the rarely acknowledged imprint that the architecture of Ming furniture from China left on the Arts and Crafts designers, and through them, on Loos. Art: Art & Design London Succeeds With an Outstanding Mix of Pieces on Offer 2011-10-14T13:00:17Z Lay one mussel on a tea towel on your work surface and insert the tip of a small sharp knife in between the two shells at the slanted end. 20 best Middle Eastern recipes: part 4 2017-10-26T04:00:00Z The text of the report, as released two days earlier by the Intelligence Committee, is a five-hundred-and-twenty-eight-page PDF with the slanted margins and blurred resolution of a Xerox made by a myopic high-school Latin teacher. Turning the Torture Report Into a Book 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z Here are five of my favourites, each one taking a different slant on the act of commenting. Commission us: films that only get better with a good DVD commentary 2010-10-14T11:33:00Z Behind this are two more bedrooms, with large windows set into the slanted roof. House Tour: Claverack, N.Y. 2011-07-21T23:19:36Z Though the agency ended up posting them on the wall, museum officials borrowed the idea to place the photos on a slanted board, in a narrow partitioned alcove. Sept. 11 Memorial Museum’s Fraught Task: To Tell the Truth 2012-06-02T16:26:23Z “When I did “Batman Forever,” I had a slant board to lean on. Debi Mazar’s Talent for Glamour 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z There is no definitive Coppélia, however; every new staging adds a new slant. Bolshoi: Copp?lia 2010-07-23T20:30:00Z Though you find yourself wondering if, at times, telling it quite so slant merely serves to further mask some painful, unavoidable truths. Dear Boy by Emily Berry – review 2013-03-22T19:00:01Z Because by 3, children at his liberal school were using racial epithets and pulling their eyes into slants. Feeling Conflicted on Thanksgiving 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z The wreck’s silhouette rippled with schools of parrotfish and Bermuda chub; her coral-encrusted bow glistened in the slanting sun. In the Bahamas, Scuba Diving With James Bond’s Trainer 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z A solo show that tells all the truth, but tells it slant, Rebecca Gilman’s “A Woman of the World” offers a lecture by Mabel Loomis Todd, a 19th-century writer, editor and sexual iconoclast. Review: ‘A Woman of the World’ Dwells in Possibility 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z In 2016, playing at the Community Church, she sang a tired, disillusioned, defiant original, her voice rising on a slant as she repeated a biting refrain: “Ain’t nobody ever gonna hear nobody hearing us now.” Amina Claudine Myers, a Singer Who Still Needs No Words 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z But the Fleetwood Mac collection boasts a more alternative slant, with artists having complete control. Fleetwood Mac celebrated by indie stars on new compilation 2012-06-19T11:51:04Z Much of the impact of both pictures lies in the fact that the women depicted, with their bright yellow skin and slanted eyes, conform to Western stereotypes of Asians. The Wild, Anti-Authoritarian Art of Peter Saul 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z Critics deemed the photograph contrary to East Asian beauty standards of fair skin and said it perpetuated Western stereotypes of Asian faces, such as slanted eyes. Chinese fashion photographer in Dior controversy apologizes 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z A new book told with a new slant, it's from just one of the "new voices" that Lee hinted at. DC Comics hopes move to Burbank energizes superheroes 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z "The headline and story ... were clearly slanting things to make me look as if I was a racist," he writes. 'The Mayor' by Richard Riordan short on revelations, insight 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z The prophet—played by an actor reminiscent of a less-talented Ashton Kutcher—sneers and snivels through a slanted retelling of the founding stories of Islam. The Anti-Mohammed Video: Ridiculous, and Now Deadly Serious 2012-09-12T17:09:42Z A few shows into the run, he stopped the gods entering by sliding down a slanted portion of the giant set, and had them walk on stage instead. Bryn Terfel: 'I'd like to sing Citizen Kane' 2012-06-26T17:40:14Z He remembers how cobblestones look after rain, how sun slants through clouds and how miserable he felt as a young man stuck in a clerical job. Terence Davies, Unfiltered and Bitter 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z As a touch of eerie timelessness, the table, festooned with flowers, slants downward. Two-Course Feast of Stage and Song 2014-12-21T05:00:00Z Ms. Mohamedi’s drawings on graph paper work against the grid, with slanted lines of various weights and lengths. Art Review: ‘Modernist Art From India: Approaching Abstraction’ at Rubin 2012-06-21T21:10:16Z As light poured through the church’s windows, casting slanted rays in the dust that swirled over the pews, a shadow fell, and the crew had to adjust the camera angle. A Call of ‘Cold Gun!’ A Live Round. And Death on a Film Set. 2021-10-30T04:00:00Z Novelists create worlds from the blank page up; we can specify the slant of a nose or the tremor of a single leaf. On Being Photographed by Richard Avedon 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z The rentals also add a modern and more democratic slant to Scandinavia’s long-standing maritime traditions, allowing families and friends to share a low-key boating experience close to home. A Fleet of Stylish Rental Boats Arrives in Stockholm 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z As this art historical roster suggests, the jewelry slants toward the surrealistic. Salon Art+Design Brings Home and Art Closer Together 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z Before I expanded into the box room next door, it was the smallest room in the house, with slanted walls, rickety bookshelves, broken chairs and the kind of lighting you'd get in a morgue. Francesca Simon: Where I write 2013-03-07T17:00:00Z But that slanted perspective is no longer representative of audiences that museums will — speaking purely pragmatically — need to attract to survive. Breonna Taylor Show Points Art Museums to a Faster Track 2021-04-11T04:00:00Z Its visual slant is ideal for activism wrapped up in pictures. Saving Buildings with Social Media 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z The lyrics are more of Mr. Dylan’s first impressions of New York, some with a sarcastic slant: Bob Dylan’s New York: A Playlist 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z Black, spidery watchtowers with slanting roofs and long, black stilts for legs behind the black fencing, attached to black poles, silhouetted against powdery white across the ground. Terez?n: music from a Nazi ghetto 2010-06-12T23:05:00Z One may not think of Tom Stoppard as a creator of short plays, but early in his career he dispatched some deft comic one-acts with a political-philosophical slant. Sound Theatre Company performs Stoppard short plays 2013-06-17T20:14:44Z "What was presented there was presented in a really one-sided manner, and therefore the film is slanted," Yaalon, a member of Netanyahu's Likud party and a former military chief, told Israel's Army Radio. Israel's Oscar bid discomforts Netanyahu government 2013-02-21T12:08:43Z The Dayton, Ohio indie lifers — known for their concise pop craftsmanship, surrealist lyrical slant, lo-fi production tactics, and sheer output — play Seattle’s Showbox club Sunday. Guided by Voices back in business | Concert preview 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z At its sharpest, McDonald's meditatively paced story embodies the absurdities and compromises of being human — with a Hollywood slant. 'The Fourth Noble Truth' a meditation on Buddhism, seduction 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z The slanted interaction between Mr. Taylor’s choreography and Mr. Katz’s set colors the joy with mystery. Review: Paul Taylor’s American Modern Dance Offers New and Old 2015-03-22T04:00:00Z Flat shoes with sparkling tops worn with dark stockings, while a Fedora hat with wide slanted brim spiff up the androgynous and yet feminine look. Armani puts Bermuda at heart of winter collection 2012-02-27T17:57:09Z Many of the books are housed in plastic sleeves and facing out on slanted, brightly-colored shelves, held in place with a band. A visit to the Floating Library in Echo Park Lake 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z Then there was cable news that often comes with an ideological slant. Samantha Bee and Jane Pauley Are Breaking the News 2017-01-07T05:00:00Z The flat-shoe, jeans and backpack uniform, technically unisex, but with a masculine, grey-marl slant, holds up a mirror to a very male world. The 21st-century Hollywood: how Silicon Valley became the world’s trend capital 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z Mr. Ricci, a battalion chief and union leader who has been on the New Haven force for 21 years, suspected the play would have a liberal slant, but was untroubled. Will a New Play Restart a Fire? 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z Some consider the term "slant eye" to be a racist slur. U.S. top court to hear dispute over trademark for band The Slants 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z On a humid weekday evening last month, as shade began to slant across Central Park, a small crowd made a dance floor out of the Bethesda Fountain’s brick terrace. A Walk in Their Heels: Meet the Hustle Evangelist 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z The tenor of his work, and the slant of his signature, has kept Mr. Frisell, 62, at the forefront of a hybrid you might call jazz Americana. Critic’s Notebook: California Dreaming Adds Sweep to Bill Frisell’s ‘Big Sur’ 2013-06-23T21:08:56Z But ration them out over a few weeks and you'll encounter a writer's vision that is slant but acute. The Fun Parts by Sam Lipsyte – review 2013-07-24T10:21:39Z “Already, that gave us a bit of a future slant, feeling like we’re comfortable pedestrians within the urban grid.” The Carpetbagger: Below the Line: Designing ‘Her’ 2013-12-18T18:30:35Z To get to Doris you burrow into a crammed central Athens neighborhood of narrow, slanting streets. Choice Tables: How to Eat Well in Athens 2011-01-14T19:55:00Z The hilly background, made up of slanting, regimented strokes that allow the occasional wayward mark, is echoed in nearby works by Campagnola and his son, Domenico. Art Review: ‘Renaissance Venice’ at the Morgan Library & Museum 2012-05-31T21:44:28Z Three recent collections from writers with roots in Nigeria, Japan, and the Dominican Republic direct their slant lenses toward capitalism, patriarchy, and white supremacy. In the latest wave of science fiction, authors of color take space to imagine multiple new societies 2021-05-17T04:00:00Z An inveterate tinkerer, Mr. Cruise typically plays with ideas, characters and scripts, developing his slant on stories that are ultimately written by others. Development Yields ?Knight and Day,? Cruise-Diaz Film 2010-04-14T21:58:00Z The floating installation - featuring two vertical sides, two slanted sides and a flat top - was unveiled on Monday by Bulgarian-born artist Christo. Artist Christo floats tomb of barrels in London's Hyde Park 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z In her case, we get a disjointed narrative of visual puns, sly criticisms and uncanny juxtapositions, most with a distinct feminist slant. MoMA’s Art Treasure, No Longer Buried 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z "I ended up with my life slanted toward television and I just accept that," he said. Efrem Zimbalist Jr., star of 'The FBI,' dead at 95 2014-05-03T15:39:30Z Isenburg, 50, recalled that when she was a child in the 1970s, her sister arrived home from school to find an inmate sitting on the neighbor's slanted roof. For new neighbors, he's just another inmate 2012-03-15T05:00:00Z “CopenHill” opened October 4, with hiking trails, a fitness center, even an artificial ski slope on its slanted roof. The Slopes Are Green at Copenhagen’s First Ski Hill. Really. 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z It’s like Emily Dickinson saying tell the truth but “tell it slant.” ArtsBeat: Cannes Film Festival: James Franco on Adapting Novels and Multitasking 2013-05-21T19:42:37Z My dictation was constantly interrupted by a stream of criticisms of the "bourgeois" slant of my report. When Brixton burned 2011-04-09T23:05:03Z How to work with an illustrator Topics: , I want to write a book with a comedic slant about my experiences with a very difficult life situation. How to work with an illustrator 2013-02-15T01:00:00Z Second, at such a slant the end of a long dock was closer to shore and so did not require unnecessarily long piles to support it. Once a pier, now the Edgewater Hotel 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z The saloon’s bartenders have learned to pour at a slant; the patrons carry their beers down the sloped floor without spilling. A guide to Oakland’s rich history and resilience, from a waterfront saloon to the shores of Lake Merritt 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z Presumably, the project’s political slant appealed to Portman’s liberal-activist side, but she is miscast as a British TV company minion who is rescued by – then becomes complicit with – the righteous terror-spreader, V. Natalie Portman's 20 best film performances – ranked! 2019-11-29T05:00:00Z No carnage can startle me these days, but smaller sights—a toddler asleep, slanted on his dad’s chest—might bring me to tears. Mourning Through Horror Movies 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z That lineup may slant European, but Cedar Lake, which celebrates its 10th anniversary next year, has an unlikely Hollywood connection. Dance Theatre of Harlem to return to Seattle for 2 nights; Cedar Lake at Meany 2012-11-16T19:08:04Z It is a novel about colonialism in Serpell’s native country of Zambia, but it addresses themes of oppression and victimization from a slant angle. Review | ‘The Old Drift’ is a brilliant literary response to generations of bad politics 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z In his later years he became a Seventh-Day Adventist and an accompanist for the gospel singer Del Delker, who recorded a religiously slanted version of his holiday standard: “Have Yourself a Blessed Little Christmas.” Hugh Martin, Songwriter, Dies at 96 2011-03-14T15:55:12Z Viewers are supposed to bring their own slant and interpretation to this miscellany. Lead Pencil Studio’s ‘transit’ at Wing Luke: basement findings 2014-04-10T20:57:42Z All offer a fascinating slant on the artists' painterly concerns. Diaghilev and the Golden Age of the Ballets Russes 2010-09-23T20:30:00Z Its century-old red-brick buildings, with traditional, slanted roofs would be charming if they weren’t located next to a garbage processing center in the run-down neighborhood of To Kwa Wan. Global Gloss, but Where Is Hong Kong's Local Art Scene? 2010-07-07T12:00:00Z He took a hypnagogic slant on his breakthrough record, “A Love Surreal,” which he said was inspired by Salvador Dalí. Pop & Rock Listings for June 26-July 2 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z And because each actress puts her own slant on Miss Marple. Television: Long live Miss Marple, who returns to PBS on Sunday 2010-05-21T17:03:00Z For all its challenging skiing, this was the Taos I’d remember months later, warm and comfortable, like that Southwest sun slanting down. Mix of New and Old Enlivens Taos Ski Valley 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z The most vigorous “character” in her new series of paintings at Woodside/Braseth Gallery may be the brutal slanting cloud in “Storm Over Vermilion Cliffs, Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, AZ.” Review: Landscapes that escape boundaries are at 2 Seattle galleries 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z Even if you have never heard Sparks proper before, I can almost guarantee you have at a slant. Perspective | ‘The Sparks Brothers’ digs into the cult of the rock duo. A deeper dive is even more fulfilling. 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z It was all of a piece, and it all made slanted sense. Review: The Robert Glasper Trio Presents Moody Covers at the Village Vanguard 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z “Sing the music under your breath,” de Lavallade tells the Richmond Ballet dancers, as shadows from the sinking sun slant across the studio floor. Carmen de Lavallade is 86 and still the best dancer in the room 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z It's the quieter, fragile moments that work best: a slow rendition of Mary, from their first album, that is soft as down, or Our Window, whose slanted guitar notes are suspended in stillness and hush. Noah and the Whale 2010-07-14T09:16:00Z He pointed to a concrete embankment that slanted up to just under the roadway. Russell Banks Talks About ?Lost Memory of Skin? 2011-10-14T16:59:08Z The top pivot pin controls the pitch of the doors — the way they slant toward or away from the frame. Mastering the fine art of adjusting bifold doors 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z Artists in G. Gibson Gallery group show toast future with a double-edged slant. Review: Eye-catching ‘Here’s to the Future’ takes skeptical look ahead 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z Another of his earlier productions, "The Rap Guide to Evolution," took a more scientific slant with a lyrical breakdown of Charles Darwin's theory and its epic conflict with creationism. Review: DJ Baba Brinkman mixes Darwin and dating 2012-12-06T01:30:13Z Invariably enriched by the play of light — especially when their interior planes are slanted — they achieve both a quietly stunning variety and a sense of timelessness through utmost simplicity. Jan Schoonhoven at David Zwirner 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z In “Blue Rain,” they add the bark to birch trees near a little cabin, seen through a veil of long, slanting strokes that approximate precipitation. A Final Rhapsody in Blue From Matthew Wong 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z What I loved about that was that you didn't choose an obvious song, you put your own slant on it and you didn't fall into the karaoke trap. "American Idol" recap: Glambert to the rescue 2010-04-14T12:15:00Z This season’s offerings end this Sunday with a Halloween slant: educators will teach about all the blood-sucking animals found in Central Park. Spare Times for Children for Oct. 5-11 2012-10-04T22:49:01Z Our production was also notable for what some critics termed its feminist slant. How we made: Ivan Fischer and Tom Randle on ENO's The Magic Flute 2012-10-08T17:51:31Z Mr. Decker certainly puts his slant on the music. Some Ground Rules for Revising Operas and Musicals 2012-03-11T05:41:51Z That would be Mr. Nicholaw and Mr. Beguelin’s inexhaustible determination to put a cockeyed slant on the trademark Disney musical formula. Theater Review: ‘Aladdin’ Tweaks the Disney Formula With Breezy Insouciance 2014-03-21T02:00:01Z He was in the slant of his spidery script. Surreal Encounters in Ralph Ellison’s ‘Invisible Man’ 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z He takes a surrealist slant on his most recent record, “A Love Surreal,” which he said was inspired by Salvador Dalí, and its savvy psychedelic pathways do not disappoint. Pop & Rock Listings for April 24-30 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z Shorter wrote melodies at a slant, doing a lot with a little. Wayne Shorter, a Jazz Hero Whose Goal Was ‘to Fear Nothing’ 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z It is a bit austere and short on color, with a broad slant toward conceptual/neo-conceptual art, to which the collectors freely admit, along with their lack of interest in much recent painting. Wagner Collection at the Whitney, 25 Years of Astute Buying 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z Widespread Panic has always been one of the earthier stalwarts on the jam band circuit, favoring classic-rock conventions with a Southern slant. Music Review: Widespread Panic at Radio City Music Hall 2010-07-25T21:43:00Z After a winter's afternoon wending through the old town beneath its many arched porticos bathed in slanting, golden light, my companions and I stumble upon a little trattoria down a narrow street. My time-traveling bowl of spaghetti and meat sauce 2021-05-09T04:00:00Z “That little bench is tiny, eight inches wide at most, and it’s on a slant,” Eilber says. The painful truth about those Noguchi stage designs 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z We also visited an unusual 2500-ton hilltop monument dedicated to Santanderean culture and history, set on a huge slanted base representing a tobacco leaf. Old Friends, White Water and Roasted Ants in Colombia 2010-07-28T04:28:00Z An oblong mirror and circular basin sink continued the geometric theme, as did slightly slanting shelves and the Leaning Tower of Pisa-inspired bottles of complimentary toiletries. In Tel Aviv, a Futuristic Hotel With a Past 2018-01-21T05:00:00Z The desert light slanted down, the wind plucked at the water. Personal Journeys: A Case for Getting Far, Far Away 2013-05-16T17:46:20Z Gentlemen travellers and scholars fill his pages, but always with a psychological – often animist – slant on things. Kate Mosse's top 10 ghost stories 2010-10-27T10:24:00Z Some of the material has an obvious east-Asian slant – women sing Chinese songs in high fluting voices, smiling and nodding in perfect unison. Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch – review 2012-06-21T14:41:32Z Another is the atelier of a gentleman painter: slanted skylight, narrow mezzanine overlooking the vaulting studio space, easel by the window, and bohemian disarray. Doll’s Play 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z The typography bends and slants, adding another visual element. Review | In the galleries: Ghostly presences at the Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z But the movie's title and marketing slant are misleading. 'Legends of Flight': Documentary on Boeing's 787 Dreamliner soars 2010-06-17T20:18:00Z Dawn now slanted through the refuge, and with so many miles still to go, the road was calling me once again. One night in the nation’s first big-game wildlife refuge 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z It’s also emblematic of a broken system that, at every stop, is slanted against black men like Mr. Browder and other minority groups. Review: A Shameful Story Gets Its Due in ‘Time: The Kalief Browder Story’ 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z What looked to me like flat asphalt was actually a slanted edge of rock. Motherlode: Please Don't Say "Break a Leg" 2011-03-07T14:44:06Z He danced beautifully, with guitar or not, in sashays and slants and pivots that combined the body language of Michael Jackson with his own moves. Review: ‘Blood Orange and Friends’ at the Apollo 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z “Because the roof lights are slanted rather than flat, the light flows more directly into the middle room. The angle also means our neighbours don’t directly overlook our living spaces. It’s a really clever design.” A new angle: introducing a contemporary edge to Victorian architecture 2020-07-04T04:00:00Z Hung from a network of slanted aluminum poles, each measuring just over 21 feet long, were some 8 miles’ worth of silk ribbons in a spectrum of 13 candy-colored hues. The Artists Behind the Ribbon-Filled Set of Loewe’s Men’s Show 2022-01-24T05:00:00Z There's an exuberant sweetness to the material's nostalgic slant that goes beyond thrift-shop memorabilia, binding millennial yearning to boomer pop-culture soulfulness. Review: 'Warm Bodies' could use more heat 2013-01-30T17:16:04Z Of course, the selection of details inevitably provides its own slanted commentary, as Politkovskaya well knew. Review: A Slain Journalist’s Voice Resounds in ‘Intractable Woman’ 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z High season crowds thin, and dazzling light displays and slanting sunbeams compensate for the short days. 36 Hours in Rome 2018-11-22T05:00:00Z An overhead installation of slanting ropes mirrored the cables of the Brooklyn Bridge and the architecture of a passing ship, which raised its sails just as the show began. River to River Festival Embraces Ambiguity 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z The accompanying illustration, however, shows a slanting row of identical women — they resemble accordioned paper cutouts — who hold out toads to a sharp-nosed man about to dive off a kitchen chair. Review | A plump, Victorian gentleman who was so very pleasant to know 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z As the sun shone its dying slanted rays into the back windows of the house, I thought that I would walk down and see the telescope. The Empty Family 2010-08-27T23:04:00Z Seabirds circulated among the dramatic sea stacks, alighting atop slanted trees. For a Seattle writer, trips to the Olympic Peninsula made time to reconnect with outdoors, others 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z Back then, it was often easy to distinguish between male and female handwriting, whether through the curve or slant of a letter or word. Can you guess someone’s gender based only by handwriting? 2013-12-08T18:00:00Z Everyone I speak to is keen to emphasise the inclusivity and feminist slant of the movie, and fair enough. ‘You are not expecting this’: Oprah on A Wrinkle in Time 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z Together, the two aimed to craft a documentary with no political slant or judgment. Oscar-nominated documentaries capture history 2013-02-15T17:38:08Z It is in great shape and appears to be stable, without any cracking or slanting along the seams. How to shore up a concrete patio 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z “It’s very immediate and yet kind of slanted,” Simpson said. The ‘Slow Burn’ That Is Henry Taylor 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z Since 2000 Kontakthhof has been performed by an alternate cast of senior dancers, all over 60, which has given a poignant and powerful new slant on the material. Dance picks of the week 2010-03-27T00:35:00Z Better than bars, better than grocery stores, graveyards are the places where you feel the thrum of heritage, of stories caught forever in a particular slant. A road-tripping re-examination of the poems of Richard Hugo 2010-06-04T20:01:00Z It’s not just the cumulative power of the voices gathered here, but the curious slant of the story itself. A New Testament to the Fury and Beauty of Activism During the AIDS Crisis 2021-05-04T04:00:00Z He takes a surrealist slant on his most recent record, “A Love Surreal,” which he said was inspired by Salvador Dalí. Pop and Rock Listings for Dec. 5-Dec. 11 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z The page edges, when slanted at certain angles, reveal miniature landscapes full of ruins and castles. Antiques: Keeping It Real: A Show Made of Fakes 2010-11-19T07:00:00Z The high canyon walls held slanted rock formations that resembled ogling faces. ‘The Place Where Shamans Dream’: Safeguarding Spirit Mountain 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z Music was provided by the 2nd South Carolina String Band, which played several hours worth of popular mid-1800s ballads and waltzes with a decidedly pro-Southern slant, ignoring requests for “Yankee Doodle” in favor of “Dixie.” The Decline of the Civil War Re-enactor 2018-07-28T04:00:00Z A mood of somber rumination falls over the fun like a slant of winter light. ‘The Worst Person in the World’ Review: Oslo, Her Way 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z Telling the truth about what a situation means, not putting a slant on it or a political twist, just saying, “This is how it is,” without any bullsh-t. Why Patrick Stewart Loves Twitter 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z It's an old one — 120 years give or take — in a converted brick mansion with slanting maple wood floors and a non-functional butler bell in the wall of the hallway. "Clean is never clean enough": Are white countertops good for obsessive cooks? 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z Rendered partly in color and partly in black-and-white, it slants Pop Art toward the questioning of racial categories for which she would become known, while also presaging appropriation art. Art Review: ?If You Lived Here, You?d Be Home by Now? at Bard - Review 2011-08-25T22:30:54Z Several said they left because of the channel’s slant. An inside look at One America News, the insurgent TV network taking ‘pro-Trump’ to new heights 2017-07-05T04:00:00Z When Brooks was a bandleader, his music always took on an Afrocentric slant. 15 Essential Black Liberation Jazz Tracks 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z Yet where that autobiography was rich in detail, this collection tells it “slant,” to borrow from Emily Dickinson — using indirection and layered imagery to address difficult moments. The three best poetry books for June 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z For the Iberian slant, I knew I wanted saffron, onions, tomato, garlic and pimentón. Salt Cod With an Iberian Point of View 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z Yet Ms. Roitfeld spoke with her trademark candor, confiding that her interest in fashion was secondary to her passion for fashioning images with a glaringly scandalous slant. On the Runway Blog: Frank Talk from Carine Roitfeld 2012-11-06T23:22:42Z By night, Leeds Arena becomes an 80s disco extravaganza, with slanting lines of light running along its facade. Leeds Arena: giant mint helmet or technicolour dreamboat? 2013-04-25T11:23:00Z But then his views on life have become increasingly Zen over the years — or as he put it, “Buddhistly slanted.” ‘The Old Man’ Brought Jeff Bridges to TV. John Lithgow Had No Advice. 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z The sprightly meter of the text abounds with exact rhymes and slant rhymes, as well as playful consonance, assonance and alliteration, carrying along the play’s stream-of-consciousness-styled progression of ideas. Review: Bringing Borges to Life in ‘Footnote for the End of Time’ 2020-08-30T04:00:00Z The “Killing Jesus” book, too, had its detractors, who claimed it contained inaccuracies and was shallow and slanted. Review: ‘Killing Jesus,’ Biblical Tale Retold, Softer on Its Politics 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z He compared this new slant to a sculpture emerging from a block of stone, “removing, removing, until you arrive at the center, at the essence,” he said. A Look Back on a Life’s Work Capturing Conflict 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z There's no clever slant to it, and you will either warm to it or you will dismiss it as the tepid hackmanship of a bygone era. New band of the day – Luke White (No 1,336) 2012-08-22T15:23:00Z The river's dystopian expanse allows cinematographers to get creative and infuse the action with swooping aerial shots to accompany the spectacle of an automobile revving up its slanted walls. Clip joint: The Los Angeles river 2011-08-03T17:39:00Z Its program slants toward fusion and world music, especially from Africa. The best jazz clubs in Paris 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z As a retrospective survey it was slanted and incomprehensive; as a concert it was clear-headed, sturdy and engaging, with Mr. Marsalis himself in superlative form. Music Review: Away From His Desk, Up on the Bandstand 2011-04-01T22:58:20Z “He has these two bumps on his head, like horns. And funny leprechaun ears and eyes that slant up.” Woodstock 1969: A Story Vastly Bigger Than Editors Realized 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z In its opening scenes, “Holy Land” promises an original slant on a familiar narrative. Theater Review: ‘Holy Land’ Examines Dehumanizing Effects of Armed Conflict 2014-04-23T21:27:20Z It’s the kind of place where names on the slanting gray gravestones in the old cemeteries match the names of today’s prominent businessmen and local track and field stars. A Small-Town Gem Near Nashville 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z They’re still making magic out of cardboard and brown wrapping paper in these musically enhanced skits for ages 3 to 9, this time with a Wild West slant. Spare Times for Children for Dec. 28-Jan. 3 2012-12-27T23:31:39Z But she also uses that scenario to put her only slant on the concept of cringe comedy, moving that brand of humor deeper into the territory of repulsiveness. “Smart Watch”: From “Sally4Ever” to “This Is Us,” there... 2018-11-10T05:00:00Z A label adds a Los Angeles slant by informing us that the assembled items have been rented from a prop house where they will be returned once the show closes. Art Review: A Bit of Hollywood, Minus the Tinsel 2011-05-31T23:36:56Z Suddenly, the plastic packaging took on a much different slant. Inequality of environmentalism: is green movement exclusionary by nature? 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z |
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