incurved

Definition of incurvednext
past tense of incurve
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incurved
Verb
  • Video emerged online showing a red Ferrari shooting out of a tunnel along the highway at a high speed, slamming into a concrete barrier where the road curved and erupting into flames.
    Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
  • The existing Grand Boulevard road bridge is curved and has no sidewalk, which poses safety concerns for people on foot and bikes sharing the road with vehicles.
    Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 20 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Back on the highway, the rearview mirror showed the clouds had lifted, the waters were still, and a rainbow had arched across the sky.
    Marlise Kast-Myers, Boston Herald, 12 Apr. 2026
  • Sami’s hair and beard were gray, and his thick eyebrows arched over his tired walnut eyes.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 19 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Davis reflected on the tragedy of the situation and the trauma inflected on the surviving children.
    Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Mizuho says MongoDB has inflected positively.
    Jim Cramer, CNBC, 23 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The six-episode podcast series bowed in January.
    Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 21 Apr. 2026
  • The ceiling was noticeably bowed, and the floor was partly rotted.
    Emma Green, New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Who else made Florida’s list Nationwide, Dairy Queen and McDonald’s rounded out the top three, respectively.
    Kari Barnett, Sun Sentinel, 25 Apr. 2026
  • The Chargers rounded out the draft by selecting a pair of guards in the sixth round, Logan Taylor of Boston College and Alex Harkey of Oregon.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The decision reflected a common pattern in China's technology sector, where startups establish offshore corporate structures to access global capital and reassure foreign investors, and sometimes soften regulatory scrutiny while maintaining engineering talent and intellectual ties to the mainland.
    Dewardric L. McNeal, CNBC, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Karres’ lasting influence is reflected in the tributes and memories people have posted online over the past few days as word of his death spread.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 28 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Two days after the Knicks were booed frequently while trailing by 30 points in the first half of their 114-97 loss to Dallas, the scoreboard was crooked in their favor.
    CBS News, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026
  • When other players noticed the rim was crooked, the Spurs' Jeremy Sochan jumped up and hung on it to try to straighten it out.
    Matt Young, Houston Chronicle, 20 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • No matter — everyone rushed outside when the daily mist gave way to a broad rainbow that arced across the bay.
    Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 30 Apr. 2026
  • The astronauts were able to glimpse craters, mountains, and ridges at different angles as the Orion capsule arced behind the Moon.
    Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 9 Apr. 2026
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“Incurved.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incurved. Accessed 3 May. 2026.

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