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How to use askew in a sentence

10 example sentences · adjective, adverb

Askew means turned or twisted to one side. Example: “Askew opened his coat again and she giggled out at us and Grandpa gasped with delight.”

Examples of askew by meaning

adverbTilted to one side.

  • He wore his hat askew

More sentences with askew

  • Askew opened his coat again and she giggled out at us and Grandpa gasped with delight.2014, David Almond, Kit's Wilderness. From the entry peepo
  • Weave tracks askew, postpregnancy bellies pushing dollar-store seams, they look a hot mess.2005, Ayana D. Byrd, Akiba Solomon, Naked: Black Women Bare All about Their Skin, Hair, Hips, Lips, and Other Parts, page 95. From the entry dollar-store
  • I'm smiling, my tie is askew, and I'm sporting a boofy big hairdo, like all the other kids in my class.2010, James Dack, Stephen Dack, Larry Writer, Sunshine and Shadow: A Brothers' Story, unnumbered page. From the entry boofy
  • Badger was leaner and seedier, and his Aertex shirt was sweatier and pulled askew by being used to mop his face.2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 5, in The Line of Beauty […], London: Picador, →ISBN. From the entry Aertex
  • He did about as well as could be expected with the Jints, though the halo he gained lastseason was knocked slightly askew in the process.1952 September 4, “Sports of the Times; Wait Till Next Year”, in New York Times. From the entry jints
  • I love the subtle beginning to the fic, so that you don't realize it's Mirrorverse until the start of the third paragraph, where everything goes a bit askew.2004 March 18, ASC Awards - Stephen, “ASC Awards Comment Digest #132: DS9 Bashir Pairing”, in alt.startrek.creative (Usenet). From the entry mirrorverse
  • A crest of last night's snow skifts the powerlines, lengths of it falling to clean asphalt broken and askew, shattered grammar of a landscape whose unheard mutter might explain.1997, Southern Poetry Review, volumes 37-38, page 20. From the entry skift
  • Like the Spanish capes of the day it could be turned partly askew, in which case one sleeve hung down in front and the other down the back.1978, Doreen Yarwood, Illustrated Encyclopedia of World Costume, London: B. T. Batsford, →ISBN, page 279. From the entry mandilion
  • The cannula had come askew in his nose and he pushed it straight, his hand moving slowly, like the hand of a man who is dreaming with his eyes open.2011, Stephen King, 11/22/63, New York: Scribner, →ISBN, page 819 of 819–820. From the entry cannula

Meaning of askew

  1. adjective Turned or twisted to one side.
  2. adjective Untoward, unfavourable.
  3. adverb Tilted to one side.

Full definition of askew

Questions about askew in a sentence

How do you use askew in a sentence?
Askew is used as an adjective and adverb. For example: “Askew opened his coat again and she giggled out at us and Grandpa gasped with delight.”
What is a short sentence with askew?
“He wore his hat askew”
What does askew mean?
Askew means turned or twisted to one side.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: askew (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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