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refracted

VERB

bend

Synonyms

STRONG

angle arch bow buckle camber careen circle contort crimp crinkle crook crouch curl deflect deform detour double droop flex genuflect hook incline incurvate lean loop pervert round spiral stoop swerve tilt turn twist veer verge warp waver wilt wind yaw zigzag

WEAK

angle away angle off

Antonyms

STRONG

beautify rise smooth straighten

Example Sentences

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What it also made clear is that Coachella is no longer a single cultural event but several overlapping ones divided across weekends, refracted through screens and increasingly calibrated for different audiences altogether.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2026

Horsebit details and other house codes surfaced throughout, refracted through Demna’s more pointed, urban lens.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

Every subsequent loss is refracted through that lens.

From BBC • Oct. 15, 2025

The reddish color comes from the light being refracted by particles in the atmosphere.

From Slate • Apr. 5, 2024

At both ends of the alley the street lamps glowed through the murky air, refracted into mammoth balls of light.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright