bends

/ bɛndz /

plural noun

1. (functioning as singular or plural) a nontechnical name for decompression sickness

Example Sentences

I can see knots under the skin in the bends of his arm.

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The name "chikungunya" comes from the Kimakonde language, meaning "that which bends up," a reference to the stooped posture caused by the severe joint pain that often accompanies the infection.

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An acquaintance of Lowell’s bemoaned the habit Lowell had of “jumping at some general idea or theorem,” after which he “selects and bends facts to underprop that generalization.”

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But, overall, the arc of the tournament's history bends towards a better place.

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It reminds me of that quote from Martin Luther King Jr.: “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.”

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