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 path that led Romeo Okwara to his new home outside of Detroit is as long and sinuous as the many rivers, lagoons, and estuaries that feed into his native Lagos.
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Nick Mafi, Architectural Digest, 23 Sep. 2024
The collection paid sartorial homage to historical Art Nouveau, which featured sinuous curves and botanical inspiration.
—Julia Teti, WWD, 10 Sep. 2024
His sinuous, stately sentences have brought a formal feeling to scenes of cruising; public bathrooms have become versions of the nineteenth-century ballroom, full of their own occult codes, hierarchies, the season’s new beauties.
—Parul Sehgal, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
Fish that swallow their prey whole tend to wolf them down headfirst, and for sinuous A. japonica, as the eel’s head and upper body is sliding into a predator’s stomach, its tail will often linger in the esophagus.
—Mindy Weisberger, CNN, 13 Sep. 2024
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Nick Mafi, Architectural Digest, 23 Sep. 2024
The collection paid sartorial homage to historical Art Nouveau, which featured sinuous curves and botanical inspiration.
—Julia Teti, WWD, 10 Sep. 2024
His sinuous, stately sentences have brought a formal feeling to scenes of cruising; public bathrooms have become versions of the nineteenth-century ballroom, full of their own occult codes, hierarchies, the season’s new beauties.
—Parul Sehgal, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
Fish that swallow their prey whole tend to wolf them down headfirst, and for sinuous A. japonica, as the eel’s head and upper body is sliding into a predator’s stomach, its tail will often linger in the esophagus.
—Mindy Weisberger, CNN, 13 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sinuous
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Making my way to some more winding, enjoyable roads, the pace picked up and the thin-rimmed steering wheel started to soften in my hands, communicating every detail of the road without any of the dullness associated with modern power assist.Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
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Another long and winding answer followed — about affordability, regulations, building her own home, the virtues of shop class — before Gluesenkamp Perez finally expressed concern the proposal could merely end up boosting housing costs.Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2024
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Bathed in sunlight, the white-and-sand lobby invites you to linger on serpentine sofas.Jennifer Kester, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
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In the strange weather and serpentine melodies of Classic Objects, Jenny Hval walks a labyrinth of memory, through a Carl Theodor Dreyer screening, past Prada Marfa, into the woods.Pitchfork, Pitchfork, 1 Oct. 2024
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She was reported missing on July 5, 1998, setting off a series of events that unraveled the Kimes’ twisted history of arson, fraud and murders.CNN.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 19 Nov. 2024
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Bowen Yang then hobbles off a Greyhound to portray a twisted bus driver singing a Les Miserables parody.Shania Russell, EW.com, 3 Nov. 2024
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“Sinuous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sinuous. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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