sinuous
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Sinuous, up in the sky between one mountainside and another, the most beautiful bridge I had ever seen was in Simplon Pass, on the Swiss side.
From The New Yorker • Jan. 6, 2020
Sinuous copper dragons that date to the Sung Dynasty guard a pebbled entry courtyard furnished with lush foliage and textural evergreens.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 28, 2019
Sinuous rabbits extend legs that sometimes look human in their paroxysms of flight.
From The New Yorker • Oct. 1, 2018
Sinuous rock layers typify the base surge deposits of southern New Mexico.
From New York Times • Apr. 1, 2011
Sinuous lines worn by the water, indicative of some softness or flaws in the rock; these probably the occasion or consequence of the formation of the great precipice or brow on the right.
From Modern Painters, Volume IV (of V) by Ruskin, John
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