sinuous
Example Sentences
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As a swimmer, Mijbil was “boneless, mercurial, sinuous, wonderful.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026
The follow-up, 2022's Motomami, was a wildly innovative pop smash, twisting Latin American genres like cumbia and reggaeton around glitchy hip-hop beats and her playful, sinuous melodies.
From BBC • Nov. 6, 2025
Most prominent in the decoration is sinuous ivy, which curls around the entire vessel.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 10, 2025
The rim of the Tanba basket by Enkay follows the sinuous lines of a river.
From Seattle Times • May 28, 2024
With its sinuous trunk it stroked the huge corpse; then it reached up, broke some leafy branches with a snap, and draped them over the mass of tom thick flesh.
From "The Giver" by Lois Lowry
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