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Sentence example with the word 'oblique'
oblique
O-shaped, awry, canting, crossway, deviative, evasive, left-handed, pitched, sidelong, slue, tipped
Definition
adj.
slanting or inclined in direction or course or position-- neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled
Last update: February 25, 2017
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Anterior transposition of the inferior
oblique
muscle for dissociated vertical deviation.
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The
oblique
comment was very harmful.
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The
oblique
line is necessary for a goud diagram.
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To make an impact, you should approach these issues from a more
oblique
angle.
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Shebronze, dealing from her
oblique
jar thick syrupy liquor for his lips, looked as it flowed (flower in his coat: who gave him.)
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The Atlantic coast owes its
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N.E.S.W.
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"Fancy my surprise on discovering the cause of his
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movements."
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He wore gold-rimmed spectacles, which magnified his
oblique
eyes and lent him a terrifying beetle-like appearance.
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In his turn the Englishman resorted to
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glances.
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--Shoulders that are set in an upright, instead of an
oblique
position; not laid back.
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The effect of
oblique
shear is often visible in the failures of short columns.
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