Askew

//əˈskju//

"Askew" in a Sentence (12 examples)

He wore his hat askew.

The wood was kindled, the flames arose, and a mouldering heap of ashes was soon all that remained of Mrs Askew and her fellow martyrs.

The table is askew, it's likely going to turn over soon.

Our plan has gone askew.

The picture is askew.

The gate was hanging askew on its hinges.

There was a phone number placed askew at the bottom of the paper.

Tom noticed the picture hanging on the wall was askew, so he straightened it.

The door came off its hinges and hung askew.

The door had come off its hinges and was hanging askew.

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Here Shenandoah brawls along, there burly Blue Ridge echoes strong, to swell the Brigade's rousing song, of "Stonewall Jackson’s Way." We see him now — the old slouched hat cocked o'er his eye askew, the shrewd, dry smile, the speech so pat, so calm, so blunt, so true.

He wore his hat askew

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