hairpin curve
Example Sentences
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But if I do end up blowing by a hairpin curve, I can just hit the rewind button to get another opportunity to more smoothly make the turn.
From The Verge • Nov. 4, 2021
For example, the narrow hairpin curve known as Loews turns back on itself at almost 180 degrees.
From New York Times • May 27, 2016
While the two-man championships were being run, Casey lined up with the spectators at perilous Shady Corner, a hairpin curve that has to be taken just right.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Cadillac Coche M�xico, hightailing southward from Ciudad Juarez at better than 100 m.p.h., screeched off a hairpin curve, rolled over three times into a rocky ditch.
From Time Magazine Archive
Just as she reached the outmost point of a bow in the second hairpin curve, she heard a dull rumble behind her.
From The She Boss A Western Story by Hankins, Arthur Preston
