crookedness

Example Sentences

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What is inarguable is that Shepard possessed iconic beauty, whose “imperfections,” such as the crookedness of his teeth, only added to his allure.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

Redford derided not only crookedness, but the perversion of procedure and hard work that resulted in the privileged mounting their success on the backs of others.

From Salon • Sep. 21, 2025

The ball’s initial position, its kinetic energy, its angular momentum – and all the other factors: the friction acting on the ball, the ricketiness of the table, the crookedness of the house.

From Scientific American • Mar. 31, 2022

Those associated with dominant smiles include elevated eyelids, raised cheeks, wrinkled nose, lifted upper lip and that signature crookedness.

From New York Times • Feb. 8, 2022

The tallest being Rachel, at five feet six inches and the full benefit of Miss America posture; the shortest being myself, two inches lesser than my twin on account of crookedness.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver