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

The beach curved inward, forming a small bay sheltered by outlying skerries.

From The Sensitive Man by Anderson, Poul William

Gaspare clapped his hands alternately in front of him and behind him, leaping from side to side, with a step in which one foot crossed over the other, and holding his body slightly curved inward.

From The Call of the Blood by Lowell, Orson

Jim's bleary eyes followed the springing arch of a vertical girder, up and up, to where it curved inward to the space ship landing lock that hung suspended from the center of the vaulted roof.

From The Great Dome on Mercury by Zagat, Arthur Leo