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 lines of the engine slanted back, aimed at space.

The line slanted astern from the wind.

You'll see that the line is slightly off register and slanted a trifle, too.

The lines slanted across the page.

Now they had edged away from the wind; the line was slanting farther south, with the wind just before the beam.

A double line of barbed wire slanted away from the fence top.

The line of five small figures and two larger ones now slanted downhill on the shining white slope above the Col. The air was brilliantly clear.

A gracious September and a mellow October were succeeded by a soft and sad November, when long silken lines of rain slanted across the sere hillsides.

The hand seemed childish, the letters ill-formed and lines slanting as if drunken.