How to Use askew in a Sentence

askew

adverb or adjective

• One of the shifters has been knocked askew, and my leg has two bleeding puncture marks.
  — Jason H. Harper, Robb Report, 14 Mar. 2021
• If there are tree branches askew across a path, it’s probably not the right one.
  — Paighten Harkins, The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 July 2021
• Nearby, the remnants of a red taillight sat askew near the sidewalk while a license plate lay in the street.
  — Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2022
• Glazed legs slightly askew, and ringlets of blond, chestnut, ebony, and russet.
  — The New Yorker, 23 May 2022
• Seven of Nine) travel back to Earth in 2024 to prevent the timeline from going hopelessly askew.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 2 Mar. 2022
• Thunderstorms soak shirts and bow the massive tarp roof held up by wooden pillars that have to be adjusted by hand when they’re knocked askew by the mosh pit.
  — Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2022
• But in the glittering air, every speck of dust casting a light beam slightly askew, something was missing.
  — Joan Meiners, USA TODAY, 1 Dec. 2022
• Bathtub paint is peeling off, the windows don’t close properly, and the closet door hangs askew, to name just a few of the repairs the family has asked the landlord to make in recent months.
  — Hartford Courant, 6 Sep. 2022
• If his comeback goes askew with another injury this season, that is likely the only way Mullens makes it onto the field.
  — Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 3 Sep. 2019
• On a recent day, the traffic was so light that no one really noticed when a car accidentally backed into the barrel, setting one of the signs askew.
  — Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 May 2022
• Leaning into the microphone, tie slightly askew, Dr. Tobin used his hands and elbows to demonstrate how people breathe.
  — New York Times, 8 Apr. 2021
• The black Toyota’s right front end appeared to be badly damaged from being jammed into a vehicle in front of it; its windshield was partially shattered, the hood crumpled up and its two front tires askew.
  — Chicago Tribune Staff, chicagotribune.com, 10 June 2021

Last Updated: 24 Feb 2025