undulated

past tense of undulate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for undulated
Verb
  • Finch cited Oklahoma City as an example of a team that changed the roles of players throughout its rotation depending on matchups, noting the minutes for Thunder Isaiah Hartenstein fluctuated.
    Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Since then, the count has fluctuated between 16 and 55 players, dropping again to only 7 players in 2024 and 2025.
    Andrew Greif, NBC news, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Union Jack bunting fluttered overhead.
    Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Concertgoers fluttered around the building, staying away from the barricaded stairs leading up to the upstairs balcony, which is inaccessible.
    Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 22 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Employees waved cars toward spots in the grass.
    Quinn Clark, jsonline.com, 27 Oct. 2025
  • He was helped on to a medical cart and waved to the crowd as he was taken off the field.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Not long after that, support for the policy oscillated among other officials.
    Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Over the past three years, his sound has oscillated between folk and rock.
    Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • If the flame flickered or bent, air movement was present, indicating a draft.
    Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Oct. 2025
  • This summer, Kwame Nkrumah’s transatlantic legacy flickered back into view when Zohran Mamdani won the Democratic primary in the New York City mayoral race.
    Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The earthquake shook at a depth of just 4 miles, with its epicenter roughly 9 miles west of Johannesburg.
    CA Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Nearly two years later, there’s still evidence at the crime scene that shook this small island country — ash on jutting rocks, melted scraps of plastic and fabric scattered in the verdant shrubbery where wild dogs stalk giant lizards.
    Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 26 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Earth shuddered with yet another wave of extinctions in this initial chill.
    Peter Brannen, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
  • For much of last season, Atletico appeared set to seriously compete on all fronts, but their season shuddered to a stop in March with a series of disappointing defeats by Barcelona and Madrid across La Liga, Copa del Rey and the Champions League.
    Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • As arson and violence convulsed Black neighborhoods, white support for the movement plummeted.
    Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
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“Undulated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undulated. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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