curvets

present tense third-person singular of curvet

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for curvets
Verb
  • The people yearn for a man who dances (or endurance runs) through life.
    Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2025
  • It is aimed at combining the cultural influence of its host city with the daring fashion that dances across the pages of the magazine.
    Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • When the Pacers shut that down, Harper immediately springs into action to get the ball instead.
    Jared Weiss, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Male ratfish have a structure called a tenaculum, which is essentially a retractable rod tipped with a chandelier of teeth that springs out of their forehead to grip females during mating.
    Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The biannual launches of China’s Shenzhou program have been a source of pride as the country’s space program makes giant leaps forward.
    Chris Lau, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Put the thing in Sport mode, and any time your right ankle twitches on the accelerator, the car absolutely leaps forward.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Re hops on a beam of light and flies into space in search of a cozy lunar nook.
    Caroline Carlson, Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025
  • On a crisp fall day, sun bathes the stones in light and a cat — one of a handful that roam the property — hops leisurely upon one.
    Madeline Heim, jsonline.com, 30 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Age of Imprisonment both controls and performs leaps and bounds better than its predecessors.
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2025
  • As my guide Nicolas Jeanroy preps his truffle gear, which looks like a collection of garden tools, his canine partner, Taïga, bounds up.
    Aislyn Greene, AFAR Media, 15 Oct. 2025
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“Curvets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curvets. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.

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