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Oblique
"Oblique" in a Sentence (17 examples)
The internal oblique muscle is located beneath the external oblique muscle in the abdominal region of the body.
But he did make an oblique reference to the deteriorating human rights situation, one that the White House has increasingly become more public in condemning in recent weeks.
Italic fonts are sometimes described as oblique in typographic terminology.
when it has a Direction oblique to that of the former Motion, it is either added to, or subtracted from the former Motion
The roadside section of the tramway is limited to 12 m.p.h., except over the oblique road crossings, where speed is restricted to 4 m.p.h., with a compulsory stop immediately before.
The email from HR obliquely informed her that some complaints about her had been received.
This mode of oblique research, where a more direct one is denied, we find to be the only one in our power.
For the love we bear our friends, / Tho nere so strongly grounded, / Hath in it certain oblique ends / If to the bottome sounded
Then would be closed the restless, oblique eye / That looks for evil, like a treacherous spy
His natural affection in a direct line was strong; in an oblique, but weak; for no man ever loved Children more, or a Brother less.
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Leaves long, lanceolate, tapering upward from the middle to an acute point, […] secondaries very oblique, distinct, alternate, parallel, curved in transversing the blade
Oblique and sinker roots will normally be under a greater compression stress than lateral roots.
They found out obliquely that she had heard from HR about the comments and was taking some time to absorb the sting of an implied reprimand.
In passing from the minor third to unison, the motion ought to be oblique, but from the major third to unison the motion ought to be similar
Initial inquiries among professional typists uncover names like slant, slant line, slash, and slash mark. Examination of typing instruction manuals discloses additional names such as diagonal and diagonal mark, and other sources provide the designation oblique.
Other Chaucerian manuscripts had the virgule (or virgil or oblique: /) at the middle of lines.
he sat upon the edge of his chair […] and achieved a communication with his plate by projecting his person towards it in a line which obliqued from the bottom of his spine
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