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
They could have easily made the road straight, but it’s more dramatic for the road to be an S-shaped curve, I guess.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 4, 2024
Of the different configurations of four pixels the researchers tried -- square, or S-, J- or T-shaped -- they found through repeated experiments that the most precise results were provided by the S-shaped array.
From Science Daily • Apr. 11, 2024
The two men stayed together in the open, carving wide S-shaped turns.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 20, 2024
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
