asymmetrically
Example Sentences
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They found that during sleep, both excitatory and inhibitory connections in the brain become weaker, but they do so asymmetrically, making inhibitory connections weaker than excitatory connections, which causes an increase in excitation.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 22, 2024
I can't be asymmetrically loyal because then you look like a turd, so don't be asymmetrically loyal to anybody.
From Salon ● May 18, 2024
The most beautiful gowns were sometimes deceptively simple, where the sumptuous material — like one blue satin sash rippling asymmetrically across the shoulder — could speak for itself.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 25, 2023
But for the moment, with the vaccine chiefly available to seniors, essential workers, and people with certain medical conditions, asymmetrically immunized households are the norm, at least outside of retirement communities.
From Slate ● Mar. 17, 2021
Her formerly shoulder-length hair has been chopped asymmetrically by one of her friends.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
