arching

Example Sentences

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Both plants grow to just over a foot tall, forming an arching mound of light foliage that waves in the slightest breeze.

From Seattle Times

He evaded its attempt with a flourish, arching his back.

From Washington Post

The singers were intense in their back and forth, but the long, arching melodic lines that hold this scene together are in the orchestra, and Kim brought them out with tautness and full-bodied sound.

From New York Times

Surrounded by the sinuous layers of stone arching overhead, my husband, Brian, and I — both writers — kept repeating “wow” and “amazing,” truly at a loss for adjectives.

From Washington Post

At the brisk ring of a bell, she started to stir, arching her sinewy back, the beginning of a delicate descent down to Earth from her comfortable perch.

From New York Times