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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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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

Still, there’s also something kind of profound in contemplating 2000, even if it is refracted through this movie’s silly lens.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 6, 2024

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

From Slate • Apr. 5, 2024

Nobody could accept that she did not want to hear about gaseous balls and layers of atmosphere and refracted light and tiny building blocks of life.

From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu