ASKEW in a Sentence

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For ASKEW, below is one of 6 sentences:
It was twisted askew and most of the prisms were broken, as if the Yankee occupants had made their beauty a target for their boots.

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 Meanings and Examples of ASKEW
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
askew
 a.  turned or twisted toward one side; at an angle
Classic Sentence:
1  And the village was deserted, the huts gaped black, rotting, all askew within the fallen enclosures.
Heart of Darkness By Joseph Conrad
Context  Highlight   In I
2  He stood there for a moment in the moonlight with his delicate hooked nose set a little askew, and his mica eyes glittering without a wink, then, with a curt Good night, he strode off.
Heart of Darkness By Joseph Conrad
Context  Highlight   In I
3  It was twisted askew and most of the prisms were broken, as if the Yankee occupants had made their beauty a target for their boots.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXV
4  There in the flickering light of the lamp was the machine sure enough, squat, ugly, and askew; a thing of brass, ebony, ivory, and translucent glimmering quartz.
The Time Machine By H. G. Wells
Context  Highlight   In XII
5  O Zephine, O Josephine, face more than irregular, you would be charming were you not all askew.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VII—THE WISDOM OF THOLOMYES
Example Sentence:
1  When he placed his hat askew upon his head, his observers laughed.