Meanings of upward slant in English

She was silent, with a questioning upward slant of her arched brows.

The underground way ran on apparently with an upward slant as far as she could see.

Everything was on the upward slant, and I thought we ought to move along with other people.

From the stump the long trunk extended out across the brook in a gentle, upward slant to the hemlock.

Now, one day we left the Isiola River and cut across on a long upward slant to the left.

A "V" shaped groove is cut at an upward slant into the underside of the spout close to the top.

And Frank, what under the sun did you make that sudden upward slant for, when you was away off over the Powell woods?

Beyond the sand-hills, the villages, and the cultivation is a stony plain extending for sixteen miles, a gradual upward slant to a range of mountains.

Another minute, and with a rush and a roar the plane sped along the field, took an upward slant, and set out for the coast.

Agriculture also declined by 0.1%, but according to Michael Manamela, the chief director of national accounts, the industry is showing an overall upward slant.

Drill a slightly upward slanting 5cm deep hole into your chosen tree at waist height.