What is "slanted"

Usage examples of "slanted".

Hal Hopping in the lead, the first six Dauntlesses of Scouting Six slanted abruptly down, beginning their glide- bombing runs.

The fighters charged their guns and slanted straight into the attack, but on the way down, Rawie, leading the second division of CAP, spotted another boat closer in and the eight F4Fs turned to get it first.

The Dauntlesses nosed over, the rush of air increased and the air-speed indicators moved up as they slanted in toward the push-over point The pilots, leaning forward, concentrating on formation and the narrow yellow rectangle below, felt their planes shake and heard the windbroken hammering of the 30s as the gunners opened up.

With the carrier turning hard to port, the flight deck slanted to starboard, and each time it whipped, the parked planes rose in the air and banged down nearer the starboard side.

Again they climbed, circling behind the clouds to 5,000 feet, and slanted in from both sides of the big ship, now nearly dead in the water.

One after another the stubby, square-winged Wildcats slanted down, the gray gunsmoke streaming behind and the converging tracers ahead raking the packed decks of the enemy ships from stern to bow.

The gray gun-smoke streamed back over their wings and the tracers slanted out ahead, kicking up the coral and ricocheting in a hundred directions.

The big Avenger slanted down, the wind noise increasing in pitch and volume, and Phillips with his left hand, not looking, retrimmed it for the power glide and occasionally pulled the throttle back slightly to keep the manifold pressure from building up.

Phil Kirkwood lost Colgan in that violent maneuver but caught another Zeke in a flat side run, riddling his engine and fuselage so that he slanted off, smoking into the lagoon.

His six TBFs, carrying torpedoes, slanted down in long, fast power glides and took position three miles on either bow.

The enemy plane slanted away flashing its lights, and Harmer could only disgustedly return to the ship.

Zeke with the big bomb under its belly slanted down over the port quarter, it looked as if he would overshoot and crash to starboard.

She plucked an ornate chocolate-robed petit fours from a small triple-tiered plate and popped it into her mouth, chewing while she slanted Jack a thoughtful look.

The documents vanishing as quickly as they had appeared, she clapped enthusiastically as Meredith slanted her another bewildered look.

Meredith figured the look she slanted him must have been more than a bit cockeyed.