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sinuous

[sin-yoo-uhs] / ˈsɪn yu əs /


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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

Choi weaves long, sinuous sentences, teasing out the aftermath of Serk’s presumed death.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2025

The rim of the Tanba basket by Enkay follows the sinuous lines of a river.

From Seattle Times • May 28, 2024

His fierce eye gazed out across the mighty army: black rats, brown rats, grey rats, piebald rats, skulking weasels, furtive stoats and sinuous ferrets, all gathered round, their weapons glistening and dripping with the rain.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques