Meanings of crooked by in English

Dad climbed up onto the porch, which had been knocked crooked by the impact.

In vain one seeks for a refuge from Euclid-foran odd turning or a crooked by-way

His glasses were pushed crooked by Joan's cheek.

It was crooked by maybe a half-inch.

There were his large-knuckled hands, his fingers bent crooked by year after year of honest work in the kitchen.

He looked at a sign-post, knocked crooked by the car when it plunged off the metal into the ditch.

The cleaver, knocked crooked by Tanya's impact, stayed in the troll's chest for a moment, then fell and hit the floor with a clatter.

There can be little doubt that they were in reality quite straight, though sometimes they have been awkwardly represented as crooked by the artist.