curved inward
Example Sentences
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The shape of the coast in that region – known as Florida’s Big Bend area – is also curved inward, which can focus the storm surge to make it even more dangerous, he said.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 29, 2023
Unlike the fossilized bear’s straight thumbs, modern panda’s pseudothumbs are curved inward like a hook.
From New York Times • Jun. 30, 2022
She neared it; she was abeam, and now it lay abaft her beam, but the land once more curved inward, and the cliffs seemed scarped down to the sea.
From The Ruined Cities of Zululand by Walmsley, Hugh Mulleneux
On the French left wing, too, the slopes curved inward, thus giving the defenders ample advantage against any flanking movements on that side.
From The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) by Rose, John Holland
There was a small bay just here, the mouth of which curved inward very abruptly.
From Sword and Gown A Novel by Lawrence, George A. (George Alfred)
