S-shaped
Example Sentences
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The S-shaped copper sculpture has baffled cryptography enthusiasts since its 1990 installation on the grounds of the CIA headquarters in Virginia, with three of its four messages deciphered so far.
From Barron's ● Nov. 19, 2025
The two men stayed together in the open, carving wide S-shaped turns.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 20, 2024
The Feynman sprinkler problem is typically framed as a thought experiment about a type of lawn sprinkler that spins when fluid, such as water, is expelled out of its S-shaped tubes or "arms."
From Science Daily ● Jan. 29, 2024
The natural law of growth in competition suggests this optimism is misguided: Mass shootings follow their own S-shaped natural-growth curve different from the one for all gun deaths shown earlier.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 28, 2023
The one Laika found was dried and flat, an old rattler that had become an S-shaped band of snake jerky.
From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith
