Meanings of sloped at in English

The gully's north wall sloped at about a thirty-degree angle.

The 'ways' sloped at a gradient of one foot in twelve, and had iron surfaces.

Her eyes sloped at the farthest edges, like the opened wings of a tropical bird.

The other sloped at an angle downward.

The ceiling, none too high at any part, sloped at the walls almost to the edges of the beds.

They rode dizzily upon high waves, and they sloped at appalling angles, but always they righted and kept afloat.

The mountain sloped at an angle of eighty degrees, but by descending cautiously along this circuitous trail a safe descent was possible.

The canyon sloped at an angle of about forty-five degrees, and we slid, stepped, jumped and ran down without starting an avalanche.

Sometimes it is perpendicular, sloped at the top into the wall; but it never has steps of increasing projection as it goes down.

Had it not been for her I do not think I should have noticed that the floor of the gallery sloped at all.

The shield sloped at an angle of about thirty-six degrees, and was covered with an iron grating that served as an upper deck.

At times they were perpendicular, and then again sloped at such a moderate angle that a horse could have galloped up them without difficulty.