serration
Example Sentences
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The initial singles, “Ch-Ching” and “Romeo,” have lush synth orchestration and hum-along hooks; the greatest appeal rests in the singer Caroline Polachek’s jazz-inflected vocals, which fascinate in their agile leaps and slightly mechanical serration.
From New York Times ● Jan. 21, 2016
The mood was jittery, and their laughter had the frantic serration that came with near disaster.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
The abnormal as well as the open part of the coronal suture on this side shows a simpler serration than the corresponding sutures on the left side.
From A Bilateral Division of the Parietal Bone in a Chimpanzee; with a Special Reference to the Oblique Sutures in the Parietal by Hrdlička, Aleš
The sun has dropped behind the black serration of the western city.
From London River by Tomlinson, H. M. (Henry Major)
The stars had enkindled in luminous courses Their slow-sliding lamps, when, remounting their horses, The riders retraversed that mighty serration Of rock-work.
From Lucile by Meredith, Owen
