bent
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The whole seahorse body, with its bent head, gripping tail and brood pouch, has been built at least twice within a single fish family, the Syngnathidae, which includes seahorses, pipefishes, pipehorses and seadragons.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026
In recent years, he printed personal photographs onto the metal, giving the colorful works story structure and an autobiographical bent.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
It bent over, clamped the cord with its pincers and tucked the cord along a shelf to clear a path.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
I stood like that, bent at the waist, for what felt like hours.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Once he even bent over so that he could get a better look at things.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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