bend
Example Sentences
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"The breakthrough was learning how to turn that time-lapse into hourly maps of currents by tracking how temperature patterns bend, stretch and move from one hour to the next."
From Science Daily • Apr. 22, 2026
In recent days, there have been public fissures between Iran’s civilian leadership and military hard-liners in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps over how much to bend to U.S. demands.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026
It was agreed that the car had been travelling at 108mph as it approached the bend, and that the impact with the trees would have happened at about 93mph.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
The need to bend people to one’s will with raised voices and anger is not a quality one should seek or appreciate in a partner.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026
At every bend in the trail, he would stop and peek around it before going on.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
Vocabulary lists containing bend
Civil Engineering
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Engineering - Middle School
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Engineering - High School
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