slanted

[US]/'slɑ:ntid/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. biased or inclined in a particular direction.
Word Forms
Past Participleslanted
Past Tenseslanted

Phrases & Collocations

slant range

skråningsområde

Example Sentences

The story was slanted in favor of the strikers.

Historien var vinklet til fordel for strejkerne.

a ploughed field slanted up to the skyline.

Et pløjet mark skråede op mod himlen.

the early sun slanted across the mountains.

den tidlige sol skråede over bjergene.

The journalist slanted the report so that the mayor was made to appear incompetent.

Journalisten vinkede rapporten, så borgmesteren fremstod inkompetent.

The rays of the late sun slanted in streams through the cypress trees.

Sent solens stråler skråede i strømme gennem cyprestræerne.

A yellow beam of sunlight, filtering through the muslin curtains, slanted on to the table, where a matchbox, half open, lay beside the inkpot.

En gul stråle af sollys, der filtrerede gennem muslin-gardinerne, skråede hen over bordet, hvor en æskefyrbøks, halvt åben, lå ved siden af blækpotten.

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