Tilted

Examples

• They made no noise of any kind, and most of them tilted their heads back and closed their eyes, entranced with a sort of devotional ecstacy. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Thus admonished, Mr. Trotter raised the pot to his lips, and, by gentle and almost imperceptible degrees, tilted it into the air. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• He has sewn up ever so many odalisques in sacks and tilted them into the Nile. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• It had a reel to gather the grain to the cutter, and the grain platform was tilted to drop the gavel. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Colonel Ross leaned back with his arms folded and his hat tilted over his eyes, while I listened with interest to the dialogue of the two detectives. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• Making a stiff arm to the elbow, he poured the wine into his mouth, tilted it into his right cheek, as saying, 'What do you think of it? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• After each question he tilted me over a little more, so as to give me a greater sense of helplessness and danger. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• The cruiser, already tilted at a perilous angle, was carried completely over backward by the impact of my smaller vessel. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• It tilted on the bank. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• To look down into the tower from the top is like looking down into a tilted well. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• When in use the acid is tilted over and comes in contact with the bicarbonate. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Tell me what you do all day, he said, crossing his arms under his tilted-back head, and pushing his hat forward to screen the sun-dazzle. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• He tilted me again. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.

Edited by Debra