ASKEW in a Sentence
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Example sentences for ASKEW, such as:
1. When he placed his hat askew upon his head, his observers laughed.
2. O Zephine, O Josephine, face more than irregular, you would be charming were you not all askew.
3. And the village was deserted, the huts gaped black, rotting, all askew within the fallen enclosures.
4. It was twisted askew and most of the prisms were broken, as if the Yankee occupants had made their beauty a target for their boots.
2. O Zephine, O Josephine, face more than irregular, you would be charming were you not all askew.
3. And the village was deserted, the huts gaped black, rotting, all askew within the fallen enclosures.
4. It was twisted askew and most of the prisms were broken, as if the Yankee occupants had made their beauty a target for their boots.
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Meanings and Examples of ASKEW
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askew
ad. turned or twisted toward one side; at an angle
Classic Sentence:
1 And the village was deserted, the huts gaped black, rotting, all askew within the fallen enclosures.
2 He stood there for a moment in the moonlight with his delicate hooked nose set a little askew, and his mica eyes glittering without a wink, then, with a curt Good night, he strode off.
3 It was twisted askew and most of the prisms were broken, as if the Yankee occupants had made their beauty a target for their boots.
4 There in the flickering light of the lamp was the machine sure enough, squat, ugly, and askew; a thing of brass, ebony, ivory, and translucent glimmering quartz.
5 O Zephine, O Josephine, face more than irregular, you would be charming were you not all askew.
Example Sentence:
1 When he placed his hat askew upon his head, his observers laughed.