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undulates

  • present tense form
    of undulate (3rd person singular).
    undulate
    verb (used without object)
    to move with a sinuous or wavelike motion; display a smooth rising-and-falling or side-to-side alternation of movement.

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Our measly four seasons are insufficient in describing the way nature undulates around us, week to week and month to month.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025

Much like the style itself, the popularity of ruffles undulates through the decades.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 4, 2022

She’s nimble with it; she undulates her voice around it and lets it take interesting shapes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 2022

Today, it playfully undulates beneath a crop of shiny new skyscrapers.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 28, 2020

Above them, the black silk veil undulates, stirred by the gusts of a mysterious breeze which many attribute to angels' beating wings.

From The Life of Mohammad The Prophet of Allah by Etienne Dinet