bend
Example Sentences
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His music may sit comfortably under the R&B umbrella, but he bends and flips genres with ease, especially rock and funk.
From Los Angeles Times
"It leads itself to people who can bend the rules and get around the system."
From BBC
They push and pull on the cell membrane, causing it to bend, ripple, and fluctuate.
From Science Daily
In these cases, you should modify your activities, switch to low-impact exercises like walking and swimming, and avoid movements like bending, twisting or lifting.
From Science Daily
The 12-foot-tall press punches ribbons of the sheet steel into hardened metal dies that bend and shape the steel into dump-truck beds, frames and other parts that are riveted together.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.