as in curved
to change from a straight line or course to a curved one
tree limbs inflecting toward the trunk
Related Words
Relevance
Dissimilar Words
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of inflected
Despite the risks, the approach worked; sales for the first half of 2025 finally show a positive trend led by the QX80 and its smaller three-row crossover sibling, the QX60, also inflected with much of the new design language.
—
Scotty Reiss, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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.
—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
Bird flu has also inflected other animals, including dairy cattle.
—Josh Funk, Chicago Tribune, 10 Apr. 2025
While unwelcome, this might have been dismissed as a fickle and politically inflected data series had it not been preceded by Walmart’s cautious first-quarter guidance, the shortfall in January retail sales, a soft services-sector gauge and rollovers in some travel-and-dining stocks.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 22 Feb. 2025
The works trick the eye into seeing the places where beauty becomes enfolded with violence, where the gleam of the universe is inflected with gore.
—Zoë Hopkins, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2025
We have been inflected by the course of our lives, but only a few of us, possibly, radically changed.
—Lydia Davis, The New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2024
Scotty Reiss, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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.
—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
Bird flu has also inflected other animals, including dairy cattle.
—Josh Funk, Chicago Tribune, 10 Apr. 2025
While unwelcome, this might have been dismissed as a fickle and politically inflected data series had it not been preceded by Walmart’s cautious first-quarter guidance, the shortfall in January retail sales, a soft services-sector gauge and rollovers in some travel-and-dining stocks.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 22 Feb. 2025
The works trick the eye into seeing the places where beauty becomes enfolded with violence, where the gleam of the universe is inflected with gore.
—Zoë Hopkins, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2025
We have been inflected by the course of our lives, but only a few of us, possibly, radically changed.
—Lydia Davis, The New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inflected
Verb
-
Bathrooms are also curved, with an abundance of wood and dark-green tile.—
Kim Velsey,
Curbed,
27 Aug. 2025
-
The skull vault curved like that of Homo sapiens.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Aug. 2025
Verb
-
This difference would be reflected in a shift of representation from LaMalfa, chairman of the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture, to Huffman, the House Natural Resources Committee’s top Democratic member.—
David Mark,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Sep. 2025
-
Throughout the years, Clarkson has reflected on her American Idol win at length.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
5 Sep. 2025
Verb
-
From there, the questions veered into the details of banking regulatory policy.—
Ronald J. Hansen,
AZCentral.com,
5 Sep. 2025
-
Their attempts at political discourse often veered toward the group speaking in vague, naïve universalisms.—
Emma Madden,
Pitchfork,
4 Sep. 2025
Verb
-
The film bowed at Cannes Critics’ Week this year and won the Grand Prize.—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
6 Sep. 2025
-
Hisahito bowed deeply and thanked the Emperor for the crown and his parents for hosting the ceremony and pledged to fulfil his responsibility as a royal member.—
Mari Yamaguchi,
Twin Cities,
6 Sep. 2025
Verb
-
Keeping your back pressed against the wall, enter a sitting position with your knees bent at around 90 degrees.—
Jakob Roze,
Health,
2 Sep. 2025
-
Hamilton then bent over so her hair hung down and gathered it with her right hand.—
Starr Bowenbank,
People.com,
1 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Inflected.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inflected. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share