How to use "oblique" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "oblique" in popular movie and book plots

  • The call ends abruptly as she makes oblique references to Major Tom and Tai Mo Shan.  - The Midnight After
  • In an upper class salon on Cater Street several women discuss, in oblique terms, the death of a local girl.  - The Cater Street Hangman
  • A vague, oblique story, it keeps him wrapt while they wait for the wife to return.  - The Burnt Ones
  • In the end Jerry's quest, oblique as it is, is perhaps more artistic than political.  - A Cure for Cancer
  • The older man talks about heaven and makes oblique references to the war.  - Kew Gardens (short story)
  • Chapter titles are oblique references to literature, modified to suit the needs of the chapter.  - Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei
  • The subject of homosexuality is not infrequent in Pym's work, but it is usually referred to in oblique and subtle ways.  - A Glass of Blessings
  • Sean shares in oblique terms memories of being sexually abused as a child by an adult male neighbor.  - The Fluffer
  • Driven by guilt, he makes an oblique and faltering private attempt to reconcile himself with Nelson, but is furiously rebuffed.  - G.B.H. (TV series)

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