Amalfi sprang onto the table and scrambled up the tilted face of the stone; as he neared the top, the translating center of gravity which he represented actuated a counterweighting mechanism somewhere, and the slab closed, bearing him the rest of the way.

It represents a person who is being hanged, which is indicated in the subject's drooping shoulders, turned-in foot and a down tilted face.

What's more, the knapsack was trapped beneath him and when he tried to lift himself to free it, he lost his grip and began to tumble down the tilted face of the plateau.

Another two cautious paces brought her to the side of the figure and she bent down and peered at the tilted face.

He tried to ignore this sensation as he stood at the edge of the column just far enough into it to look up and see whatever faint hopes he had retained come crashing into his tilted face.

The halftrack heaved itself over an almost cubical boulder, slid sidewise along its tilted face, and dropped heavily to the bed of smaller rounded stones.

He gazed down at her tilted white face, into the eyes glowing with such feverish joy that they seemed afire.

There was an eager listening look on her tilted face.

CHAPTER 17 - The War Against The Dark Tremendous tilted faces looked out of the rock.

Flinging it aside, he clamped his hands upon the sideways tilted face; turned it up into the light.