arcing
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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A birthday party had just ended, and he was offered a piece of cake, chocolate with a jelly-bean rainbow arcing across the frosting.
From Slate • Jul. 22, 2025
The delivery to get Rahul was an arcing inswinger, the appeal turned down on the field, then overturned by the replay.
From BBC • Jul. 14, 2025
It soars upward and hangs there for four seconds, six seconds, eight—a black meteor arcing against the blue sky.
From Slate • Jul. 7, 2025
That caused a short-circuit and "arcing" - electric sparks like those in a spark plug - which resulted in a "catastrophic failure".
From BBC • Jul. 2, 2025
Stick tried to stop it too—I was sure that’s what he was doing—but his foot followed mine, arcing across the face of the tower.
From "The Rock and the River" by Kekla Magoon
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