grooved
Americanverb
adjective
Other Word Forms
- ungrooved adjective
Etymology
Origin of grooved
Example Sentences
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The ray is able to swim at just the right speed that water, streaming into its mouth, can form vortices between the grooved plates.
From Science Daily • Nov. 25, 2024
Those nerves got the best of Knack in the first inning, when he grooved a 93-mph fastball to leadoff man CJ Abrams, who drove a 392-foot homer to right-center field for a 1-0 Nationals lead.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2024
Set to a backdrop of Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way,” the dancers, from the Brooklyn-based group Diversity of Dance, bounced, leaped and grooved down the aisles through the crowd before taking the stage.
From New York Times • Aug. 6, 2023
The game’s signature moment was Ripken’s homer on the first pitch he saw in the third inning on a grooved fastball from the Dodgers’ Chan Ho Park.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 7, 2023
The reception area was the same, with gold-dyed walls and thick Persian rugs and grooved patterns on the exposed ceilings.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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