curved
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past participleof curve.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
curvenouna continuously bending line, without angles. -
past tense formof curve.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
curvenouna continuously bending line, without angles.
Example Sentences
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Megaraptorans were closely related to tyrannosaurs including Tyrannosaurus rex but had slender heads and attacked prey with their large arms and giant curved claws instead of their jaws.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
The high, flared wheel arches, the tall, curved roof and the eye-like headlights are all reminders of the original "deux chevaux" or "two horses".
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art’s central plaza, which spreads out beneath the building’s curved, hovering form, was always meant to be a generous civic space.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
If space were strongly curved, the light traveling toward us across billions of light years would follow altered paths.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026
Several of the guests moved quickly toward Beatriz, but her grandfather reached her just in time to stop her from hitting her head on the edge of the curved driveway.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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