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

The valley was a cove a mile long, half that wide, and its enclosing walls were smooth and stained, and curved inward, forming great caves.

From Riders of the Purple Sage by Grey, Zane

One round arm was stretched over the counterpane, and the delicate fingers were curved inward until the thumb-nail, like an acorn, rested on the inner rim of a ring.

From The Deemster by Caine, Hall, Sir

A stony beach curved inward from this point, the dark woods rose behind, and the soft waters made music in the hollows of the rock beneath her feet.

From The Art of Disappearing by Smith, John Talbot