inflected; inflecting; inflects
1
: to vary (a word) by inflection : decline, conjugate
2
: to change or vary the pitch of
inflect one's voice
3
: to affect or alter noticeably : influence
an approach inflected by feminism
4
: to turn from a direct line or course : curve
: to become modified by inflection
Examples of inflect in a Sentence
Most nouns in English are inflected for plural use by adding “-s” or “-es.”
Most nouns in English inflect for plural use by adding “-s” or “-es.”
Most adjectives in English do not inflect for gender or number.
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By the early 2000s, Rolling Stone seemed overly preoccupied with Boomer artists of fading vitality; Spin, while containing punchy criticism, was a glossy consumer magazine inflected by celebrity and fashion.
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Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 29 Aug. 2025
But closer to me, and with greater incident, these phrases are inflected by the voice of Hiba Abu Nada, the Gazan poet who was martyred in an Israeli airstrike on October 20, 2023.
—Huda Fakhreddine
august 28, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
The company is buying this business at the perfect time, with Arora expecting the identity security market to inflect in the next 12 to 24 months due to the emergence of agentic AI, which refers to systems capable of taking actions and adapting with less input from humans.
—Jeff Marks, CNBC, 25 Aug. 2025
Lockwood has admired Plath for years; what confounded her was the biographical approach to her work, the terrible death inflecting everything that came before.
—Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
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Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 29 Aug. 2025
But closer to me, and with greater incident, these phrases are inflected by the voice of Hiba Abu Nada, the Gazan poet who was martyred in an Israeli airstrike on October 20, 2023.
—Huda Fakhreddine
august 28, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
The company is buying this business at the perfect time, with Arora expecting the identity security market to inflect in the next 12 to 24 months due to the emergence of agentic AI, which refers to systems capable of taking actions and adapting with less input from humans.
—Jeff Marks, CNBC, 25 Aug. 2025
Lockwood has admired Plath for years; what confounded her was the biographical approach to her work, the terrible death inflecting everything that came before.
—Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for inflect
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“Inflect.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inflect. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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inflect
verb
in·flect
in-ˈflekt 
1
: to change a word by inflection
2
: to change the pitch of the voice
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