incurve

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for incurve
Verb
  • At a Newsweek Horizons event in December, a panel of experts reflected on the last round of U.N. talks in Busan, South Korea, and what's at stake in the next negotiations.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 4 Mar. 2025
  • Cracks appeared in the sixties, Dunkelman thinks, as liberalism started to reflect the baby boomers’ distrust of the establishment.
    Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • In a space known as the Languedoc wine region of southern France, within the huge administrative region of Occitanie, multiple independent wine appellations curve in an arc alongside—and parallel to—the Mediterranean Sea.
    Tom Mullen, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
  • Published on February 11, 2025 By Wendy Bowman Photo : Full Package Media/Compass A curving floating staircase can be found in the double-height living room.
    Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 11 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • On such a surface, parallel lines arc away from each other rather than staying the same distance apart, and at every point, the surface curves in two opposing directions like a saddle.
    Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 3 Mar. 2025
  • England fans were singing 10 German Bombers outside a bar and as a couple of locals walked by a bottle was in the air, arcing above my head and smashing into a shop window.
    The Athletic UK Staff, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • While unwelcome, this might have been dismissed as a fickle and politically inflected data series had it not been preceded by Walmart’s cautious first-quarter guidance, the shortfall in January retail sales, a soft services-sector gauge and rollovers in some travel-and-dining stocks.
    Michael Santoli, CNBC, 22 Feb. 2025
  • The monkey doesn’t move (except to bang its drum), nor inflect any direct violence.
    Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 21 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Kateryna bowed her head and reached for her mom’s hand.
    Michael Holtz, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2025
  • That visit sparked controversy as he was widely seen as breaking royal protocol, failing to bow to the Queen and walking in front of her while inspecting a military guard.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • With head rounded, Johnny Damon saw his batting average drop twenty-five points.
    Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
  • Instead of a carbon plate, the Endorphin Speed features a less aggressive nylon plate—and its slightly lower stack of bouncy foam won’t throw you off-balance when rounding sharp turns.
    Lauren Wingenroth, SELF, 3 Mar. 2025
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“Incurve.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incurve. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.

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