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bend

[bend] / bɛnd /




VERB
persuade; influence
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This spurred Corning’s engineers to make their cables thinner, but also tougher, so they could withstand tight bends, says Claudio Mazzali, Corning’s head of research.

From The Wall Street Journal

Iron doesn’t easily bend, and this curve is tenuous.

From The Wall Street Journal

On the way back down the hill, I rounded a bend and saw somebody waving at me, friendly-like.

From Literature

Then, bending close to his ear, she whispered, "Be brave, Dragon Hatcher. Nothing you love is ever really lost."

From Literature

I bend down, scoop a handful of cold water and splash it against my face.

From Los Angeles Times