Example Sentences

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His figures, drawn in thin, nervous squiggles, stood out starkly against a plain background.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 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

I held the skate edge and scraped it against the locker, over the words, and in a few seconds it was a barren waste of squiggles.

From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely