Its muzzle was slewed a little over the port bow and the next instant it spoke.
When the draught from the south first struck her she went over slowly almost upon her beam-ends; but righted majestically and her helm being put over she slewed around so as to take the gale bow-on.
He was redder in the face than ever, and his wig was almost off his head, it was so slewed aside.
As they came to the long wall of the shed his eyes slewed round and looked at her out of their corners.
The Prince, who had pushed back his chair and confronted his sister with hands stretched out to cover or to gather up the papers on the table, slewed round upon me a face that, as it turned, slowly stiffened with terror.
An' y'all knows dat de further back you gits on uh mule de more dangerous he gits an' if de jawbone slewed three thousand people, by de time you gits back tuh his hocks, its pizen enough tuh kill ten thousand.
But just then a patient behind Clatworthy set up a yell so full of terror that even the doctor slewed round his head and splashed more mud over his hair, all combed as it was in full pigeon-wing style.
Brother Marc Antoine, reclining beside the sow with his back against an apple-tree bole, slewedhimself round for a look.
A white-stockinged roan, plowing a way through heavy sand, labored into view round the bend, its rider slewed in the saddle with his whole attention upon the possible pursuit.
The unmasked outlawslewed his head, to see the president of the bank firing from the door of his private office.
But, so great was the speed, that the sled was slewed around almost as badly as before.
The sled slewed suddenly around, and only by clinging desperately to it did the boys manage to save themselves from being spilled off.
You believe the girl's slewed on you, eh, and that things are going to pan out rough?
His eye slewed appealingly at his companion, asking as plainly as an eye can, "What price that?
Do you suppose you are a prisoner here because I slewed on you?
Nicky-Nan slewed himself about on the bollard, and encountered the genial gaze of Mr Latter, the landlord.
Ship has crushed her way into new ice on starboard side and slewed aslant lane with stern-post clear of land-ice.
We could see that the piece of ice we occupied had slewed and now presented its long axis towards the oncoming swell.
On it swept toward the felucca, which had now slewed so that she faced the coming swell nearly stem-on, the water in her meanwhile rushing forward as she sank down into the trough until her stem-head was completely buried.
Then he slewed his chair round to the loop-hole, and felt for his musket.
His great hands fumbled with the wheels of his chair, and he slewed himself about.
The policeman came up and drew to a halt as, without an indecent show of haste, I dropped into the driver's seat, started up and slewed the wheel round.
As she went by him he slewed about to follow her with his eyes, kicking aside the dog that hampered him, crouching against his legs: and still his gaze followed her, to the outer door.
Farrell had slewed about in his chair for to look up at the newcomer: and at sight of his dropped jaw, as he recognised me, I smiled, gathered up my wealth and walked out.
As though he had heard me, just then the driver slewed about and shot us back a queer half-humorous glance through the glass screen.
The creature's great eyes became filmy, while the revolting spidery body slewed here and there across the jar, all the time whipping and thrashing at the strangling air.
The whine of electric motors surged through the silence; the submarine shuddered and slewed off to the right, as if trying to dig into the sea-floor.
He had slewed himself round, and was making a hurried effort to get to his feet, when the boy, flung with violence upon his stooping back, once more brought him to his knees.
To hit the boat the submarine's gun must have been slewed deliberately from the larger target: bad shooting could not have occurred.
It was hopeless to attempt to follow them; but although I am not so quick in stays as I was, I slewed myself round to have a squint at them.
All the Artillerymen fled, as if the muzzle of their biggest gun was slewed upon them, and very soon the sound of horses' heels, urged at a perilous pace down the hill, rang back as the echo of that grand groan.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "slewed" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
