inflect
verb (used with object)
to alter, adapt, or modulate (the voice).
inflected
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past participleof inflect.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof inflect.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
inflectverb (used with object)to alter, adapt, or modulate (the voice).
Example Sentences
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The carrier said Wednesday that demand inflected positively in early July and maintained momentum in the ensuing months, pushing total operating revenue up 1.1% to a third-quarter record of $6.95 billion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2025
As a result, Western Digital’s free-cash-flow yield inflected positive at the end of 2024 and has increased ever since.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 18, 2025
That idea has inflected a lot of their jurisprudence on voting rights.
From Salon ● May 16, 2025
Lennox, a Belfast native who previously worked on the Troubles-themed coming of age comedy “Derry Girls,” played an essential role in setting its tone which, though grim, is also inflected with dark humor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2024
The latter thought, inflected with both promise and peril, should concern us all.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
