Example Sentences
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The off-white form of the rustic terracotta jar, shattered over millenniums and fastidiously reassembled, is elegantly decorated in rich brown and black designs, including bursts of rosettes and abstract squiggles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2025
The genus name uncus means “hook” in Latin, after the fishhooklike squiggles on the rock left by the fossils.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 19, 2024
After seeing more of the worm-like squiggles the team paid closer attention, taking note of fishhook's characteristics.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 18, 2024
My hearing had gotten worse, as shown on an audiogram filled with X’s, O’s and squiggles connecting them.
From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2024
On my napkin, I drew loopy squiggles and wrote my name.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
