kink

Example Sentences

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Enough time for a detail-oriented TV producer to spot that Salman, Pakistan's skipper, sported a kink in his collar.

From BBC • Feb. 15, 2026

One absentee, however, will be Aleksander Aamodt Kilde, who has been ruled out with a "kink in his back", according to the Norwegian ski federation.

From Barron's • Jan. 21, 2026

Unlike the more familiar "kink" waves that cause entire magnetic structures to sway and can be seen in solar videos, torsional Alfvén waves create a subtle twisting motion that can only be detected spectroscopically.

From Science Daily • Oct. 27, 2025

The voice that sang it was profound and strong, but quavering and not quite in tune: an old oak tree with a strong trunk but with branches starting to kink and leaves to wither.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

And it looked better than that time I washed it in detergent to kink it up so I could have an Afro like my cousins.

From "Bronx Masquerade" by Nikki Grimes