incurvate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for incurvate
Verb
  • The new case from Wyoming is not reflected in these statistics, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention spokesperson confirmed.
    Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 19 Feb. 2025
  • The implication was meant to reflect the perspective of writer Dominick Dunne (Nathan Lane), but he’s not introduced until later in the show, his presence serving to place wild theories on the brothers and their possible motivates in the pages of Vanity Fair.
    Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • The river eventually curves and disappears into the distance.
    David Caraccio, Sacramento Bee, 15 Feb. 2025
  • The long hood curves back to a glass bubble that mimics a fighter jet cockpit.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Cars everywhere were ablaze, and a dome of embers arced above the avenue like festival lights strung above streets in Little Italy.
    Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2025
  • Attorneys for Edelson allege that the video shows arcing, and sparks falling onto the dry hillside.
    Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • While unwelcome, this might have been dismissed as a fickle and politically inflected data series had it not been preceded by Walmart’s cautious first-quarter guidance, the shortfall in January retail sales, a soft services-sector gauge and rollovers in some travel-and-dining stocks.
    Michael Santoli, CNBC, 22 Feb. 2025
  • The monkey doesn’t move (except to bang its drum), nor inflect any direct violence.
    Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 21 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • The family bowed their heads, made the sign of the cross and prayed.
    Maria Cramer, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2025
  • That fierce jaw, those full lips, the upper one bowed and sweet — at odds with the mischievous grin tugging at its corners.
    Lizz Schumer, People.com, 13 Feb. 2025
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“Incurvate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incurvate. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.

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