bending
- present participle of bend.
Example Sentences
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In lieu of engaging in objective analysis, the discipline is shaping, even bending, the truth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
Folarin Balogun showed pace, power and then composure to take a touch inside the covering defender before bending the ball into the top corner with his left foot.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026
Balogun ran onto the ball then turned on the jets, making a dash up the left wing before turning toward the penalty area and bending a pass toward Sergiño Dest in the six-yard box.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026
Einstein’s general relativity explains gravity as the bending of space and time.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 18, 2026
Jonah spit into the sink, bending low so she didn’t see how the word abandoned stabbed at him.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
