askewin a sentence
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She came out of the water with her glasses askew but still on her head.askew = not straight (not in proper alignment)
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Her priorities are askew.askew = not right
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The earthquake left our pictures hanging askew.askew = crooked
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I always see him without his jacket and with his tie yanked askew.askew = twisted to the side (not in proper alignment)
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Everything looked amateurish. Even the signs were hung askew.askew = crooked (not in proper alignment)
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[T]he twins forced the sweater over his head, knocking his glasses askew. (source)askew = [so they were] not on straight
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They look as windblown as I feel, the frenzy of adrenaline in their eyes and their hair askew. (source)askew = disheveled or out of place
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He saw a dark shape in the grass, crusted with blood, legs askew. (source)askew = twisted in an unnatural manner
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Suddenly the three of them were there, Mrs Whatsit with her pink stole askew; Mrs Who with her spectacles gleaming; and Mrs Which still little more than a shimmer. (source)askew = not straight (not in proper alignment)
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The side mirror was tipped inward, brushed askew by branches, and Langdon saw the reflection of Sophie sitting quietly in the back seat. (source)askew = crooked (not in proper alignment)
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Dodge flung out his fists and knocked Jack to the floor, left him splayed there with his wig askew, looking not at all like a person of high rank. (source)askew = not on straight
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Some unknown force had wrenched and shattered these cubes so that they lay askew, often piled diminishingly on each other. (source)askew = in disorder or disarray
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We drove past the community church, the cross on top slightly askew. (source)askew = not on straight
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She couldn't close her eyes without seeing her mother's body split in half, arms askew, and filled with tumors. (source)askew = twisted in an unnatural position
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With frowsy hair, skirts askew and red hands, she talked loud while washing the floor with great swishes of water. (source)askew = not straight
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"Why, it's potty wee Potter!" cackled Peeves, knocking Harry's glasses askew as he bounced past him. (source)askew = not straight (not in proper alignment)
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He looked at me askew. (source)askew = in a way that was odd (perhaps with the head tilted during an attempt to better understand)
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It was Grandpa who showed me Askew's place. (source)Askew = untracked name in this novel
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Her hat was askew, and she was red in the face and breathless.† (source)
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At the bottom of the stairwell lay Doctor Papineau, feet askew on a high tread, head on the workshop floor, canted horribly.† (source)
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In the evening the murky shape of another coastal city, the cluster of tall buildings vaguely askew.† (source)
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The top of the t tips up, like an arm flung askew.† (source)
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I sat up and saw Amah was still asleep, lying askew on her sleeping mat.† (source)
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Harry fell backward, his glasses askew, clutching the cloak around him.† (source)
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The sarcophagus, like many in Rome, was askew with the wall, positioned awkwardly.† (source)
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The walkway had a faded green awning that covered it, and flower beds alongside with freshly planted pansies that looked muddied and slightly askew.† (source)
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The gallery was dim but mostly undamaged, with gauzy layers of smoke that thickened the higher they rose, but you could tell that a tremendous force of some sort had blown through the room just from the lights and the security cameras, which were knocked askew and facing the ceiling.† (source)
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As he tumbled down into the cold ashes, his lion helm askew, Shagga snapped the man's sword in two over a knee thick as a tree trunk, threw down the pieces, and lumbered into the common room.† (source)
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This dragged his left leg slightly askew, and the bolt of pain in his crushed knee was enough to wake him up.† (source)
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