bends
Britishplural noun
Vocabulary lists containing bends
Civil Engineering
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Engineering - Middle School
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Engineering - High School
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Example Sentences
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“A tool in service of someone with a genuine vision that bends the tool to their will, rather than having themselves bent to the tool — that’s what creativity is about,” Fairey said.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026
Nor, unfortunately, does it reflect Martin Luther King’s hopeful idea that history’s arc ultimately bends towards justice.
From Salon • Mar. 28, 2026
The hospital "bends over backwards to make transplants happen to ensure that we say yes to every good donor organ", Papworth's clinical lead, Dr Steve Pettit, told File on Four Investigates.
From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026
This spurred Corning’s engineers to make their cables thinner, but also tougher, so they could withstand tight bends, says Claudio Mazzali, Corning’s head of research.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 7, 2026
He bends down and catches the ball, throwing it to her.
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
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