Example Sentences

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This led to more fish dying, including spined stickleback and eels.

From BBC • Nov. 11, 2024

Two vertical, revolving cylinders spined with close-set spindles, brush along the branches gently.

From Time Magazine Archive

Hips, rails, and a spined concrete mini with bowled ends and extensions.

From Time Magazine Archive

They were riding down a street lined with sharply spined palmetto trees.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

During lessons, she sat straight spined in an upholstered high-back armchair, tapping out the beat with one finger, her head cocked as she listened keenly for each mistake.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama