as in curved
marked by a long series of irregular curves
the river flowed in a sinuous path through the lush valley
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Recent Examples of sinuous
The image shows sinuous tendrils of gas and dust, which shelter more than 200 of the hottest and most massive types of stars.
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Space.com Staff, Space.com, 1 Jan. 2025
Daemon’s dragon is a sinuous red beast called Caraxes.
—Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 13 June 2024
There is also a new version of the Prada logo as a sinuous rope that surrounds the lettering grows a head and tail and turns into a snake.
—Luisa Zargani, WWD, 30 Dec. 2024
This easy, 2-mile loop wanders through clusters of tan, sandstone boulders, the most famous of which is Split Rock, a 20-foot tall, rounded boulder with a sinuous fissure right through its heart.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 27 Dec. 2024
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Space.com Staff, Space.com, 1 Jan. 2025
Daemon’s dragon is a sinuous red beast called Caraxes.
—Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 13 June 2024
There is also a new version of the Prada logo as a sinuous rope that surrounds the lettering grows a head and tail and turns into a snake.
—Luisa Zargani, WWD, 30 Dec. 2024
This easy, 2-mile loop wanders through clusters of tan, sandstone boulders, the most famous of which is Split Rock, a 20-foot tall, rounded boulder with a sinuous fissure right through its heart.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 27 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sinuous
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Here weapons ordered into existence decades ago to fight the West were revived for final acts against a new generation of Russian soldiers, sent over the border by the whim of the Kremlin’s latest occupant — a long and winding case of the boomerang effect, aided by Chinese consumer tech.—
C.J. Chivers Robert Fass Krish Seenivasan Steven Szczesniak,
New York Times,
31 Dec. 2024
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These locations give them better visibility but also provide winding advantages.—
Josh Honeycutt,
Outdoor Life,
19 Dec. 2024
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The in-store experience will include red shopping bags, which symbolize good luck and prosperity in the new year, which have been redesigned with serpentine shapes in the classic T-monogram.—
Nick Hall,
WWD,
7 Jan. 2025
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The defiance of the second track off Swift’s sixth album vibrates through Burt’s poem, which also picks up the serpentine imagery of the singer’s hard pivot to pop.—
Jennifer Harlan,
New York Times,
13 Dec. 2024
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All three films also suggest that their protagonists find their twisted actions thrilling.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
8 Jan. 2025
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Abbott and Qualley do some of the best work of their already notable careers in a film that’s unpredictable, twisted, and, yes, funny.—
Brian Tallerico,
Vulture,
7 Jan. 2025
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“Sinuous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sinuous. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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