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Meanings of askew in inglês

Turned or twisted toward one side.

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        In an oblique manner.

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              Examples for "awry"
              Examples for "awry"
              1
              In Federer's case, the second set is where things started going awry.
              The Guardian
              2
              Eight months before this crisis, a routine day had gone terribly awry.
              The Guardian
              3
              The lieutenant managed to fight his way through, his hat knocked awry.
              Beyond the Reef
              4
              He sees in time little else; his very sincereness twists him awry.
              Celt and Saxon — Volume 2
              5
              Something about the best-laid plans of mice and men often going awry?
              Don't blink
              1
              This lopsided development matters because India needs to create lots of jobs.
              Reuters
              2
              Such lopsided trades often result in subsequent underperformance, a Reuters analysis found.
              Reuters
              3
              The lopsided, partisan structure has led to mission creep, former officers say.
              Reuters
              4
              Such a scenario could spur lopsided consumer demand in the United States.
              Reuters
              5
              Until then, this tournament is looking awfully lopsided in the first week.
              The Guardian
              1
              All of them are wonky, broken; all of them are purely perfect.
              The Guardian
              2
              The wonky house was my first proper entrée into Russian domestic life.
              The Guardian
              3
              Your computer's Wi-Fi being wonky after an OS update has isolated effects.
              Wired
              4
              Thus, to appreciate wonky-ugly proves that you have a rarefied fashion eye.
              The Guardian
              5
              He had a wonky eye and he didn't speak English very well.
              The Guardian
              1
              His ex-wife espoused a cockeyed fiscal philosophy that made very expensive sense.
              Getting in: a novel
              2
              His cockeyed version of the Story of our Country for one thing.
              Further adventures
              3
              In the end he left the post standing cockeyed in the stream.
              The story of edgar sawtelle
              4
              We'll put it this way, to start: Something cockeyed is going on.
              Highways in Hiding
              5
              Graphic: China's GDP: slower and more slippery Real growth rates are similarly cockeyed.
              Reuters
              1
              Mr Kusher warned that since the financial crisis "things are skew-whiff".
              News.com.au
              2
              This story is definitely true, it's just the details that might be a little skew-whiff.
              The Irish Times
              Usage of askew in inglês
              1
              She knew that from this point on reality would be slightly askew.
              Legends of the dragonrealm, vol ii
              2
              Now, something has knocked askew the calibrations developed over thousands of years.
              Idiot america: how stupidity became a virtue in the land of the ...
              3
              He knotted his tie hurriedly, askew; and gathered the ends once more.
              The Three Black Pennys: A Novel
              4
              The iron rudely caressed my body; flailing limbs knocked my glasses askew.
              Climbing Magazine
              5
              Her glasses were still askew, Jessaline saw with a rush of fondness.
              The Mammoth Book of Steampunk
              6
              At the top she found a plank of wood, already partially askew.
              The Slow Regard of Silent Things
              7
              The bones would knit askew, and she'd never use these fingers again.
              The irish warrior
              8
              Mo looks the way I feel: hair askew, clothes slept-in, eyes haunted.
              The Atrocity Archives
              9
              Late night, suit crumpled, tie askew, one guy speaks from my backseat.
              Wired
              10
              Paintings hung askew and a record collection lay shattered on the floor.
              Firewall
              11
              As the planet's chemistry and equilibrium were knocked askew, the oceans seethed.
              The wave: in pursuit of the rogues, freaks and giants of the oce...
              12
              Pictures hung askew, and there was a small cobweb around the lampshade.
              One of our Thursdays is missing
              13
              Slivers of wood stuck out from the door frame-theknob hung askew.
              Dead air
              14
              Well, then I'd like to suggest that your hat is rampantly askew.
              The Brentons
              15
              Fallion peered at her, and the world seemed to somehow tilt askew.
              Sons of the Oak
              16
              Bonnie Albright ran by, her red wig more than a little askew.
              Goodbye dolly
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