How to Use segmented in a Sentence

segmented

adjective
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  • The Seven Mile Bridge at Marathon is one of the longest segmented bridges in the world.
    — Tracey Minkin, Travel + Leisure, 27 Oct. 2023
  • The recipe calls for at least a dozen oranges that are used for their zest, segmented slices, and leftover juice.
    — Magdalena O'Neal, Sunset Magazine, 25 Feb. 2022
  • At the last stage of the journey, the Sea Lab boats converge on a tiny cove formed inside one of the gaps in the segmented breakwater.
    — Lawrence Specker | [email protected], al, 2 June 2023
  • The core idea is to make the treatment of data more universal and less segmented.
    — Kate Cox, Ars Technica, 20 Feb. 2020
  • The isopods are built like wood lice, with rounded, segmented backsides and seven pairs of spindly legs.
    — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 14 July 2021
  • And as a nod to Volvo’s heritage, thin segmented vertical taillights run down the back of the car.
    — Laura Burstein, Robb Report, 5 Nov. 2021
  • The soft, segmented leaves can reach lengths of 20 inches and resemble ferns.
    — Southern Living, 27 May 2020
  • And the shoe's segmented rubber sole is built to break in after a day or two (whereas other shoes might take weeks).
    — Tyler Watamanuk, GQ, 14 Mar. 2018
  • The flagship piece is that segmented shark, preserved in glass and steel tanks of formaldehyde and mounted atop the white marble bar.
    — Adam Robb, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 May 2018
  • The head is a compact black bullet from which emerge long thick spikes of hair, two segmented antennae, and clamp-like mandibles.
    — Daisy Alioto, The New York Review of Books, 27 Mar. 2020
  • One comes across segmented candy bars with just one filling, like the Caramello.
    — Devra First, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Apr. 2018
  • The shoe’s smooth transitions are aided by segmented crash pads that help usher the foot from landing to toe off.
    — Jonathan Beverly, Outside Online, 25 June 2021
  • Black with black and white bristles, the species’ segmented body (including its thorax and its abdomen) is adorned in bold stripes.
    — Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 3 Jan. 2024
  • French doors and segmented windows all along the ocean-facing side obscured the beauty outdoors.
    — Carren Jao, latimes.com, 26 May 2017
  • Generally, the flavivirus genomes are non-segmented and around 10-11 kbp in length.
    — William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 23 May 2022
  • The design lab put support beams across the ceiling to free up space, instead of having segmented areas.
    — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Dec. 2020
  • Complementing this move, the segmented rock plate was redesigned to cover more of the rear of the shoe, helping to protect hard heel landings.
    — Adam Chase, Outside Online, 27 Sep. 2021
  • Their segmented bodies are tapered toward the bottom and widen toward the head.
    — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Jerry was the driving force behind the concept of the segmented mirror telescope.
    — Hilton Lewis, Scientific American Blog Network, 16 June 2017
  • This chair features a swivel seat that has contoured, segmented padding, a padded headrest, and padded arms.
    — Ian Paul, PCWorld, 24 May 2018
  • The aircraft can also release its entire load on one target or disperse it in up to eight segmented drops.
    — Chris Clarke, Popular Mechanics, 12 Aug. 2016
  • What other reaction could there be to a tiny creature with a segmented body of plates, five eyes on mushroom-like stalks, and a proboscis ending in a kind of claw?
    — Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Dec. 2020
  • Those abdomens were still segmented, not fused as in today's spiders.
    — Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS, 19 Oct. 2017
  • Munroe painted the crown molding in the dining room a dark grey, which helps to keep everything from looking ultra segmented.
    — Danielle Fox, ELLE Decor, 22 Feb. 2018
  • Their segmented bodies taper toward the bottom and widen toward the head.
    — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 18 May 2024
  • The poop is often granular-looking, segmented, tube-shaped, and 2 to 3 inches long.
    — Popular Science, 23 Jan. 2020
  • An enormous segmented window that almost reached the ceiling took up the central wall, admitting the artist’s light.
    — Darryl Pinckney, The New Yorker, 12 Sep. 2022
  • To penetrate segmented markets, the use of local languages comes in handy.
    — Faustine Ngila, Quartz, 2 Sep. 2022
  • The band decided to go about releasing them in a segmented, trilogy-like way to stretch new music throughout the year.
    — Anne Nickoloff, cleveland.com, 2 May 2018
  • The book tells a story of centralized oversight over segmented lives, carried out not by some Dr. No type in a high-back executive chair but by an impersonal, intangible power that runs on plenty of electricity.
    — Curbed, 4 Jan. 2023

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