undulatory

Example Sentences

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A rush of energy follows the introspective opening, as more dancers arrive, joining together in full-bodied, undulatory movement that integrates the fast-paced, stamping footwork of Tswana.

From New York Times • May 24, 2023

After the less accentuated cordiality of Oxford manners, it was strange to be standing like this with clasped hands in the middle of this undulatory crowd.

From Sinister Street, vol. 2 by MacKenzie, Compton

Looking internally, the country exhibited a strong undulatory surface, variously chequered with wild heaths and rich cultivation. 

From A Tour throughout South Wales and Monmouthshire by Barber, J. T.

This study of sound laid the foundation, according to his own account, of his subsequent researches in the undulatory theory of light.

From Heroes of Science: Physicists by Garnett, William

The heaving and undulatory motion of an earthquake produces frequently considerable changes at the surface of the ground, besides an alteration of level.

From Geology by Geikie, James