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as in twisting
marked by a long series of irregular curves
a long and winding path through the woods
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as in coiling
to follow a circular or spiral course
flowering vines wind around the porch's graceful columns
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as in infiltrating
to introduce in a gradual, secret, or clever way
self-interest winds itself into everything that he does—even his alleged favors for other people
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as in spiral
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Recent Examples of winding
Katharina Kotrba, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
Summer's winding down, but the Milwaukee music scene is heating up.
—Piet Levy, jsonline.com, 1 Aug. 2025
Sara Holdren, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2025
The road is narrow and winding, but the Civic Si’s chassis tuning shines, letting the car dance eagerly between corners.
—Michael Harley, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
The journey begins with winding roads surrounded by evergreen and aspen trees.
—Abby Price, Travel + Leisure, 6 Oct. 2025
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Adjective
Guests arrive via a winding, jungle-like path that conceals the building from view until the final turn, when the view suddenly opens to a giant round portico, four stories high and 120 feet across that appears to float despite its 3,000-ton weight.
—Katharina Kotrba, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
Summer's winding down, but the Milwaukee music scene is heating up.
—Piet Levy, jsonline.com, 1 Aug. 2025
Verb
The Didi and Gogo that Sparks and Shannon created were full of blood and bile, real people with — no matter how obscured in its details by time and circumstance — a long and winding relationship.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2025
The road is narrow and winding, but the Civic Si’s chassis tuning shines, letting the car dance eagerly between corners.
—Michael Harley, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
In the song, Swift seemingly sings about her winding road to love with the NFL star, describing past relationships before her fairytale romance with Kelce.
—Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
The journey begins with winding roads surrounded by evergreen and aspen trees.
—Abby Price, Travel + Leisure, 6 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for winding
Adjective
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The resulting look was a volume-packed, fluffy head of tiny spiral curls that could be dramatically teased.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
4 Oct. 2025
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But a new study points in a different direction, linking them instead to superwind outflows from spiral host galaxies.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Dense dust lanes can be seen coiling around Andromeda's glowing galactic center, which is thought to house a supermassive black hole 140 million times more massive than our sun.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
28 Sep. 2025
Verb
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This cannot be accomplished without infiltrating and taking over the PLO, something Hamas has never managed to do.—
Hussein Ibish,
The Atlantic,
1 Oct. 2025
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Alex’s reporting on the lobbyists infiltrating the climate summit ticked off an oil exec whose company takes out a lot of advertising on UBN.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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This brand-new toy lets kids play with 32 jumbo-sized felt pieces that stick onto the board with hook-and-loop material.—
Clint Davis,
PEOPLE,
6 Oct. 2025
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The tennis ball demonstration encapsulates this philosophy, while showing not a pre-programmed set of movements, but a closed-loop perception-action system that interprets its surroundings and acts accordingly.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Complete the harvest decoration by adding a thick ribbon around the arrangement and curling the ends.—
Emily Williams,
Better Homes & Gardens,
7 Oct. 2025
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Guimaraes had got Newcastle motoring, curling in a long-range shot after 58 minutes.—
George Caulkin,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The insistence on inserting Banks into the lineup continues to be baffling.—
Dan Duggan,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
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The technique consisted of inserting fine needles into the skin at specific anatomical grid points, according to the NIH.—
Ashley J. DiMella,
FOXNews.com,
4 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Natural styling using the LOC method is the best practice to protect and nurture your coils.—
Talia Gutierrez,
Glamour,
30 Sep. 2025
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Venturing into the water to do battle, Krishna grows in size to escape the snake’s constricting coils.—
Seamus Sullivan
September 29,
Literary Hub,
29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Designed by Anthony Guerrée for De La Espada, this piece features a central base crafted from a series of overlapping wood slats—a textured moment that creates visual equilibrium with its smooth, curved-brass counterpart.—
Rachel Gallaher,
Robb Report,
4 Oct. 2025
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In addition to a scratching surface, the product's curved design can also serve as a lounger for cats.—
Christine Persaud,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Winding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/winding. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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