undulated

past tense of undulate

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of undulated Just past the vestibule, party guests undulated to a runaway groove on a fifteen-foot-wide dance floor. Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2026 Harrison remarks that the silhouette is slightly undulated, so your back and behind rest naturally along the subtle curve instead of needing to adjust every five minutes. Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 22 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for undulated
Verb
  • Brent’s price fluctuated between $72 and $102 last month on halting talks between the United States and Iran.
    ABC News, ABC News, 25 Aug. 2026
  • The investigation found that prices fluctuated by as much as 23%, and could cost families more than $1,200 a year.
    Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Santosh Kumar, 76, waved at the crowd from a float decked out with flags and white, orange and green streamers.
    Evgenia Anastasakos, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026
  • When the video ended, a camera panned to Devers, who smiled and waved to his former fanbase.
    Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • All around them, guests smiled and laughed as children screamed with excitement and giggled each time a butterfly fluttered close.
    Sophia Buonpane, Kansas City Star, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Young people fluttered about, wearing custom white T-shirts emblazoned with the festival’s retro cartoon-style poster art.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026
Verb
  • During that stretch, NVS consistently held above its rising 40-week moving average while the 14-week RSI oscillated between 50 and overbought territory.
    Assiatou Hann, CNBC, 29 July 2026
  • For decades Washington has oscillated between trying to solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and trying to sidestep it.
    Thomas Wright, The Atlantic, 16 July 2026
Verb
  • Each time, brown leaves that had drifted from distant trees quivered and spun on the surface.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 June 2026
  • Her papers quivered in her hand.
    Tanya Babbar, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 June 2026
Verb
  • Inexplicably, the lights flickered during the groom-mother dance.
    Anna Raskind, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026
  • While lights flickered, music blared and fans cheered, the goal was ruled off; Harris was initially deemed offside.
    PJ Green, Kansas City Star, 20 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Phones across the Pirriwee Peninsula vibrated ecstatically with the ping-ping-ping of parent WhatsApp group notifications.
    Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Inside Lee Arena, a palpable energy vibrated through the crowd.
    Latif Love July 23, Kansas City Star, 23 July 2026
Verb
  • Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have decided to move from from their Montecito idyll to the United Kingdom in mere weeks, news that generated countless headlines and shook royal society to its core.
    Chandler Tregaskes, Vanity Fair, 22 Aug. 2026
  • The temblor set off emergency quake alerts on mobile phones and also significantly shook Tokyo.
    ABC News, ABC News, 22 Aug. 2026

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“Undulated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undulated. Accessed 28 Aug. 2026.

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