as in curved
marked by a long series of irregular curves
the curving shoreline on the island's south side is a beachcomber's paradise
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as in arching
to turn away from a straight line or course
after following a straight path most of the way down the mountain, the ski trail abruptly curves to the right
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as in bending
to cause to turn away from a straight line
curved the wood to make a bow
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Recent Examples of curving
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 20 Jan. 2026
This results in plasma flows curving backward instead of expanding freely, and old plasma is pushed sideways, forming long, wispy tails.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 17 Jan. 2026
Large Arch, a soaring bronze curving monolith on Library Plaza, perfectly frames the First Christian Church across the street and invites visitors to walk beneath it.
—Vivian Chung, Travel + Leisure, 17 Jan. 2026
The animal's tail is usually held up, with the tip curving downward, and its legs are equally lengthened.
—Jonathan Limehouse, USA Today, 10 Jan. 2026
At first glance, the choker reprises the incisions and delicately curving edges meant to evoke Chanel’s distinctive quilting, with a sliding clasp closure to adjust it closely to the neck.
—Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 4 Jan. 2026
Later came scores on a free kick and curving corner kick to help account for a 4-0 halftime lead.
—Glae Thien, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Dec. 2025
Instead, as part of the national INA-Casa program, the architects Ludovico Quaroni and Mario Ridolfi created the Tiburtino neighborhood, a hilly maze of sloping streets, shaded stairways, and curving alleys.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 16 Dec. 2025
Ahead of them is a winding, curving drive home in the dark.
—Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 3 Dec. 2025
Verb
The ridges all lean the same way, slanting and curving in from the lower left of the frame, which ESA noted reflects the direction of the prevailing wind in this region.
—Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 20 Jan. 2026
This results in plasma flows curving backward instead of expanding freely, and old plasma is pushed sideways, forming long, wispy tails.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 17 Jan. 2026
Large Arch, a soaring bronze curving monolith on Library Plaza, perfectly frames the First Christian Church across the street and invites visitors to walk beneath it.
—Vivian Chung, Travel + Leisure, 17 Jan. 2026
The animal's tail is usually held up, with the tip curving downward, and its legs are equally lengthened.
—Jonathan Limehouse, USA Today, 10 Jan. 2026
At first glance, the choker reprises the incisions and delicately curving edges meant to evoke Chanel’s distinctive quilting, with a sliding clasp closure to adjust it closely to the neck.
—Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 4 Jan. 2026
Later came scores on a free kick and curving corner kick to help account for a 4-0 halftime lead.
—Glae Thien, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Dec. 2025
Instead, as part of the national INA-Casa program, the architects Ludovico Quaroni and Mario Ridolfi created the Tiburtino neighborhood, a hilly maze of sloping streets, shaded stairways, and curving alleys.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 16 Dec. 2025
Ahead of them is a winding, curving drive home in the dark.
—Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 3 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for curving
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Aristotle was also among the first of his contemporaries to recognise that Earth was spherical, based on his observations of the curved shadow cast on the lunar surface during a lunar eclipse.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
25 Jan. 2026
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Each vine is planted at the bottom of its own crater and protected by a curved wall of lava stones.—
Emily Price,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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Infiniti’s nomination follows an outcry over her exclusion from the Academy Awards, with co-star Leonardo DiCaprio among those arching an eyebrow.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
27 Jan. 2026
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At one point, the arching filament detached from one of its anchor points on the sun and launched out into space, blown by the ferocity of the solar wind.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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Between Brothers is a genre-bending mix of odd-couple road trip, historical mystery, and family therapy, among other things.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
29 Jan. 2026
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Digging in Far from bending to the pressure, the Cuban government is digging in.—
Patrick Oppmann,
CNN Money,
29 Jan. 2026
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Chicago capped a winding season of exclamation-point football with its wild-card comeback against the archrival Green Bay Packers.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
18 Jan. 2026
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Old Town Albuquerque With its narrow, winding streets and adobe architecture, Old Town Albuquerque oozes small-town charm.—
Lauren Dana Ellman,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Jan. 2026
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Neutrality allowed the nation to build strength, expand westward, and avoid the ideological contagions sweeping the continent.—
Daniel Ross Goodman,
The Washington Examiner,
9 Jan. 2026
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The administration would need to individually impose tariffs on each country and for each specific commodity, rather than the sweeping tariffs as were levied under the IEEPA.—
Jake Angelo,
Fortune,
8 Jan. 2026
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Also mentioned is an auto-hitch system to simplify hooking it up to the tow vehicle.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
5 Jan. 2026
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The great Amazon in its north drains large areas as does the Parana-River Plate watershed to its south that reaches the Atlantic in the estuary between Argentina and Uruguay, The San Francisco flows north for hundreds of miles before hooking a right and dropping to the Atlantic.—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
4 Jan. 2026
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Maye bet on Boutte with this throw, a perfect rainbow arcing toward the end zone.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
19 Jan. 2026
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One second before, his fourth attempt from behind the 3-point arc had fallen flat, arcing hopefully upward before completely missing the front of the rim.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Jan. 2026
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These tend to hate being bent or twisted, and are generally hostile to being implanted in living tissue.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Jan. 2026
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These cause broken wrists and twisted ankles.—
Jesse Pines,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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“Curving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curving. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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