Citations:awry

English citations of awry

• 1859, After a momentary silence spake Some Vessel of a more ungainly make; 'They sneer at me for leaning all awry: 'What! did the Hand then of the Potter shake?' Omar Khayyam (1048-1131), Rubaiyat, translation by FitzGerald
• a. 1969, John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces, Penguin, published 1981, →ISBN, page 234:

  Near the earrings a few gray wisps of hair escaped from beneath the black wig, which was slightly awry.

• 2018, "Something Fishy" Cloud with a Chance of Meatballs: The Series

  Katie Griffin as Samantha Sparks: "Looks good. Well, I'm going to go make a snack. Calls me when things go awry.