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curved

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verb

past tense of curve

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for curved
Adjective
  • During his speech, Kissel made winding references to railroads, attorneys’ fees, scratch-off tickets, casinos, Hartford, car fatalities, troopers, eye-hand coordination, Jack LaLanne, Methuselah, the Bible, and hallucinogenic mushrooms.
    Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 31 May 2025
  • One way that’s easy to manifest is through maximalist bedding with punchy colors, big stripes, and winding patterns.
    Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 25 May 2025
Verb
  • With a history dating back to 1774, this iconic, travel-friendly footwear brand has been keeping shoppers hooked for centuries.
    Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 14 Mar. 2025
  • And yet, the viewer is hooked, invested in seeing what happens to Jamie after he is arrested.
    Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 13 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Yet, even amid this dark and twisted final scene, creator Hwang has offered a path forward.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 27 June 2025
  • Per the game’s twisted rules, there had to be one death per round, so Gi-hun ended up sacrificing himself in heart-rendering fashion so the baby, who had taken on Jun-hee’s Player 222 role, could survive.
    Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 27 June 2025
Adjective
  • Purple mouse ears, fragrant fritillary and woodland wooly thread tend to grow primarily in serpentine habitats, as do the Coastal tidy tips and the California poppy.
    Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 2 Apr. 2025
  • Presidio manzanita, an evergreen shrub, requires unusual serpentine soils to grow.
    Megan Ross, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2025
Verb
  • With their heads bowed, and some hands gripped together, each stayed quiet as a chaplain spoke life into their calling.
    Deon J. Hampton, NBC News, 3 Jan. 2025
  • With their heads bowed, and some hands gripped together, each stayed quiet as a chaplain spoke life into their calling.
    Deon J. Hampton, NBC News, 3 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • George swept the Irish in a 2017-19 home-and-home.
    Pete Sampson, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
  • The Cavs would get swept in the NBA Finals, but everybody knew James was here to win from that point on.
    Zach Harper, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
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“Curved.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curved. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.

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