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Meanings of atilt in English

Departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal.

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        Examples for "leaning"
        1
        The current left-leaning government may struggle to encourage investment and implement reforms.
        Reuters
        2
        And there's no right side or wrong side leaning on this issue.
        The Guardian
        3
        The conservative-leaning court in recent years has rolled back campaign finance restrictions.
        Reuters
        4
        Among left-leaning voters, support for his return is at 60 per cent.
        The Irish Times
        5
        Sutton, however, appears to be in good shape in her Democratic-leaning district.
        Reuters
        1
        For example, the New York Times recently tipped its hat to Boston.
        News.com.au
        2
        In fact, television irreversibly tipped the balance in favor of the visual.
        The Civilization of Illiteracy
        3
        Precisely identifying the point when that confidence tipped into arrogance is difficult.
        The Irish Times
        4
        Familiar names, however, are tipped to take off with the winners' trophies.
        Reuters
        5
        OPINION:My Ennahda party is tipped to do well in Tunisia's historic election.
        The Irish Times
        1
        The political weight is tilted heavily towards emerging economies and developing nations.
        The Guardian
        2
        They were, we thought, tilted to one provider in particular, he said.
        Reuters
        3
        Critics say his business policies are tilted in favour of the rich.
        News.com.au
        4
        Diana tilted her body forward; she seemed to be lit from within.
        Acts of faith
        5
        She was tilted back in it with a book in her hands.
        The Little Colonel: Maid of Honor
        1
        The deck canted over and Dunstan said, Bring her up a point!
        Honour This Day
        2
        The main-mast canted to leeward, and was in imminent danger of falling.
        The Naval History of the United States. Volume 1
        3
        He had flown a tricky, wing-down approach, skidding along the canted terrain.
        Genellan: planetfall
        4
        It stands on deck canted one side but is otherwise reasonably unscathed.
        The South African
        5
        A set of rotting canted docks stretched out from the shore beneath.
        Return of the Crimson Guard
        Usage of atilt in English
        1
        Each rested atilt, one wing on the ground, the other extending into the air.
        Good things I wish you
        2
        On one of the trees a robin sang and watched him with its head atilt.
        Mary Minds Her Business
        3
        When I looked up he was atilt upon the branch of an apple tree near by.
        My Robin
        4
        The arrows first, had been his hope, and then this silent vulture, atilt in the purple tides.
        As It Was in the Beginning
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        Duskily-lashed eyes of dark violet were brimming with a contagious energy and her rounded chin was splendidly atilt.
        A Pagan of the Hills
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        Near the house torches lined the driveway, some still lit, a few atilt and smoking, but most burned out.
        Venus In Copper
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        In other villages the shawled women sat knitting behind piles of beets and cabbages and apples, their farm-carts atilt in the sun.
        A Traveller in War-Time
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        Diana had worked with a very rapid lens and had caught them atilt, in the full abandonment of the child to joy in motion.
        The Enchanted Canyon
        Atilt through the time