sinuous
adjective
having many curves, bends, or turns; winding.
sinuously
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a word derived from
sinuous.
Example Sentences
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These drenched parcels of air parcel flow sinuously along, an “atmospheric river” winding its way toward land.
From National Geographic ● Jan. 25, 2024
He still moves his camera around, sinuously but never distractingly.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2023
Her voice can be smoky or steely, righteously firm or sinuously jazzy.
From New York Times ● May 13, 2021
Greenwell, whose 2016 “What Belongs to You” established a new bar for literary fiction with its sinuously elegant prose, returns with a set of stunning vignettes about a young gay man’s experiences in Sofia, Bulgaria.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 31, 2019
He sat sinuously, with deliberately unhurried movements, till our faces were on the same level, just a foot apart.
From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer
