bent
Example Sentences
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Of course, mortgage rates can’t be bent to one’s will, but shopping around with different lenders might pay off.
From MarketWatch
He saw himself standing in the bukshah fields, with Star's warm muzzle bent to his hand and the other beasts grazing around him, huge, calm, and trusting.
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He bent down to pick up it up.
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With his eyes closed and his head bent down, Daddy told the floor, “Mama’s sick and I’m busy and you’re going to school on Monday. And that’s how it’s got to be.”
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The giraffe bent its knobby head down and wrapped a purplish tongue around the carrot Nicole was holding.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.