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Examples of athwart
athwart
She rolled onto him, sitting athwart his chest, her knees pinning his shoulders.
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Standing athwart history and yelling stop can be noble, and sometimes even works.
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The main virtue of the Biden-Gelb plan is that it does not stand athwart history.
From the washingtonpost.com
Rusty barriers lay athwart the center of the road, with shops shuttered on both sides.
From the time.com
Can a viable candidate be seen as standing athwart health reform yelling stop in 2012?
From the theatlantic.com
The American Diabetes Association is not standing athwart the gates, at least not yet.
From the washingtontimes.com
Did it need that big ol'resinous branch of rosemary athwart is summit?
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Furthermore, Belgium lies athwart the great linguistic divide between French and Dutch.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Rather than stand athwart the onslaught, they chose to lead it.
From the washingtontimes.com
- At right angles to the center line of a ship
- Obliquely: at an oblique angle; "the sun shone aslant into his face"
- From side to side; across; Across the path (of something); From one side to the other side of; Across the line of a ship's course or across its deck; Across the path or course of; opposing
- Across. Transversely.
- Across the length of a ship, port to starboard
- Running from side to side.
