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curved inward



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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

If the line be begun with a spur or curved inward hook, that feature will be repeated.

From The Detection of Forgery A Practical Handbook for the Use of Bankers, Solicitors, Magistrates' Clerks, and All Handling Suspected Documents by Douglas Blackburn

There were purplish shadows under the eyes, and the cheeks curved inward like those of a starving man.

From The Saracen: Land of the Infidel by Robert Shea

The bars are square, the grooves in them are curved inward leaving the teeth sharp and pointed out flush with the edge.

From The Pecan and its Culture by H. Harold (Hardrada Harold) Hume




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