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• Most of us have a slew of good reasons for fearing people.2022, Devon Price, chapter 7, in Michele Eniclerico, editor, Unmasking Autism, New York: Harmony Books, →ISBN, page 204. From the entry neg
• Schulte!—and make her slow her car and slew it at an angle, blocking most of the lanes.2014, John Hornor Jacobs, The Shibboleth. From the entry whizbangery
• Alongside Webster's dictionary stood a slew of rabid reformers and prescribers of correct English.2012, Alexander Bergs, Laurel J. Brinton, English Historical Linguistics, volume 1, page 971. From the entry prescriber
• Dehaunt the entire premises—so life can return to normal—by ending a slew of damaging ghost sightings.2012, James Hagerty, Tainted Glass. From the entry dehaunt
• The slewing ring is basically a large bearing upon which the upper is mounted.1992, Organizational, Direct Support, and General Support, page 5. From the entry upper
• Fanis slew his own sister for possession of the Shunstone, remember?1984, Carole Nelson Douglas, chapter 24, in Exiles of the Rynth, New York, N.Y.: Del Rey, →ISBN, page 246. From the entry heirling
• A new dance is about to hit Melbourne — the slew foot.1955 August 13, The Daily New, Perth, page 6, column 3. From the entry slue-foot
• He slew the Bull (symbol of the gross Earth which the sunlight fructifies).1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921, page 21. From the entry fructify
• She had learned to call the slews "pugholes," and to watch for ducks at twilight.1919, Sinclair Lewis, Free Air, Cosimo Classics, page 66. From the entry pughole
• The first man who slew his neighbor was the first governor.1907, Tomorrow Magazine, page 57. From the entry brotherness
• In 9:31 Dragon the HoF slew the Archdemon.2015 July 1, [deleted account], Reddit. From the entry hof
• And finally she slew to a ramshackly halt in a ramshackly heap with the rest of the Sufrogs.2011, Gregory Dark, Susie and the Snow-it-alls, page 34. From the entry ramshackly
• That summer overhanded pitching was legalized, resulting in a slew of no-hitters, including the only ones ever pitched at Recreation Park.1998, Richard Bak, A Place for Summer: A Narrative History of Tiger Stadium, →ISBN, page 31. From the entry overhanded
• The outer race of the slewing ring is bolted to the upper, and the inner race is bolted to the car-body.1992, Organizational, Direct Support, and General Support, page 5. From the entry upper
• The Americans were patient, accurate in passing and tackling, and unafraid to press high up the field, earning a slew of corner kicks.25 November 2022, Jonathan Tannenwald, “U.S. dominates England for long stretches, but plays to 0-0 tie at World Cup”, in The Philadeplhia…. From the entry out-play
• So, over the last couple of years, we've had a gradual dribble of information about a slew of potential spin-offs set in the Thronesverse.2018 June 11, Tom Nicholson, “Everything We Know About The 'Game Of Thrones' Prequel 'House Of The Dragon'”, in Esquire. From the entry Thronesverse
• UKIP's Facebook approach was the most 'scattergun', posting a slew of national messages, presumably in the hope that something might impact locally.2016, Darren G. Lilleker, Mark Pack, Political Marketing and the 2015 UK General Election, page 127. From the entry scattergun
• I slewed into the deep grass, throttled up again to regain runway speed, tried to abort the take-off and ground-looped through the perimeter fence.2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate, published 2011, page 41. From the entry ground loop
• Chinese companies are now working with foreign production companies to export the form, buoyed by a slew of new streaming apps such as ReelShort, ShortTV, DramaPops and FlexTV.2025 April 4, Nadia Khomami, “Clickbait titles and cliffhangers: the mini TV serials capturing phone audiences”, in The Guardian, →ISSN…. From the entry duanju
• As a matter of fact, the warrior who slew the knuckerhole dinosaur was honored with a tombstone that is still located in a church there dedicated to St.2011, James Edward Gilmer, 100 Year Cover-Up Revealed: We Lived with Dinosaurs!, page 67. From the entry knuckerhole
• During the seventies, Shashi Kapoor went into fourth gear in Bollywood, while Merchant and Ivory made a slew of films, many of which were not set in India.2009, Madhu Jain, The Kapoors: The First Family of Indian Cinema, page 243. From the entry fourth gear
• He came to the red men of the isthmus of America, and they foretyped the blood sacrifice of Jesus the Son of God—and slew thousands of young men!2000, John Loren Sandford, Healing the Nations: A Call to Global Intercession. From the entry foretype
• The tower is mounted on a slewing platform, which also carries the power plant and the counterweights, while the jib is supported and luffed by fixed pendant ropes.1999, Howard I. Shapiro, Jay P. Shapiro, Lawrence K. Shapiro, Cranes and Derricks, →ISBN, page 95. From the entry luff
• Instead, there's a whole slew of little ways beginners can miswater, turning on the spigot when they think they should rather than when the plants actually need it.1998, Pat Stone, Easy Gardening 101, page 70. From the entry miswater
• They took up their West African drums, Nigerian shekeres, Trinidadian steel drums (plus a slew of other instruments), and just cut loose for the next couple of hours.1989 April 22, Ellen Hendrix, “Women Of The Calabash Heat Up The Hall”, in Gay Community News, page 6. From the entry sekere

Meaning of slew

1. noun The act, or process of slewing.
2. noun A device used for slewing.
3. noun A change of position.

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How do you use slew in a sentence?

Slew is used as a noun and verb. For example: “The single line was slewed onto the disused up formation to make way for the future redoubling.”

What is a short sentence with slew?

“In 9:31 Dragon the HoF slew the Archdemon.”

What does slew mean?

Slew means the act, or process of slewing.