Example Sentences

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And it includes the West Coast premiere of Gyan Riley’s version of his father’s “Rainbow in Curved Air.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 6, 2025

Curved buildings, it turns out, are inherently “anti-Lego.”

From Seattle Times • May 27, 2024

Curved hockey sticks made for more exciting play, as did scooping a cricket pitch—they both became part of the games.

From Slate • Feb. 10, 2023

Curved lengths of plantain are fried, flattened and used as bread for the jibarito sandwich, which you can pack with either chicken or beef.

From Washington Post • Aug. 29, 2022

Curved into the permanent song of my body: left...behind.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver