swaybacked
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of swaybacked
Example Sentences
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When Trevor literally uncovers his granddad’s old souped-up Ecto-1 Caddy under a tarp in the farm’s swaybacked barn, the kids suddenly find themselves back in the family business.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 18, 2021
There’s Jethro, a “big buffoon” with a heart condition and spinal spondylitis that leaves him swaybacked and crooked as he heads to gum at a chew toy in the play yard.
From Washington Times • Nov. 24, 2018
A swaybacked roof side by side with an austere perpendicular brick building: so beautiful.
From The New Yorker • Mar. 10, 2016
To get to the shed, you have to traverse a mud puddle on a couple of swaybacked two-by-fours.
From New York Times • Nov. 4, 2011
Short and swaybacked, with little triangular eyes in a fat, flat face, he was an odd match with Yegey, all delicacy and bone.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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