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undulate

[uhn-juh-layt, uhn-dyuh-, -duh-, uhn-juh-lit, -layt, uhn-dyuh-, -duh-] / ˈʌn dʒəˌleɪt, ˈʌn djə-, -də-, ˈʌn dʒə lɪt, -ˌleɪt, ˈʌn djə-, -də- /


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Videos captured by the crew confirm it is a mesmerizing creature with long pale “legs” trailing from thicker appendages connected to a pale body composed of two fins that undulate languidly in tandem.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026

The heavy concrete roof is actually suspended just above the walls, and seems to undulate, letting more light through in a thin opening above the altar.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026

Like I said before, most worms on planet Earth—well, those visible to the naked eye— have a lot of chambers and undulate, which isn’t very sandworm-ish.

From Slate ● Mar. 8, 2024

A helical structure on the underside of the sheet rotates like a corkscrew to cause the carpet to undulate and create a travelling wave on the water.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 4, 2023

I watched its hefty coils undulate down the tree trunk with astonishing grace and disappear into the bushes.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

It rumbles and undulates across the floor, like a lonely camel enduring across a windswept desert.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026

Much like the style itself, the popularity of ruffles undulates through the decades.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 4, 2022

She’s nimble with it; she undulates her voice around it and lets it take interesting shapes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 2022

Today, it playfully undulates beneath a crop of shiny new skyscrapers.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 28, 2020

Lastly, extreme mobility of the surface, which undulates with every wind, so that no plant can take root in it.

From Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II by Wilhelm Roscher

Smucker’s suit against Trader Joe’s alleges that the grocer infringed on trademarks by mimicking Uncrustables’ round, pie-like shape and “distinct peripheral undulated crimping.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2025

For stroke play, the undulated greens and pins tucked on crowns made it difficult in spots to find birdies.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 17, 2023

World No. 3 Minjee Lee said that taking her time will be a key on the blue course’s sloped fairways and undulated greens this week.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 22, 2022

As it has done since antiquity, the fragrant smoke undulated skyward, a thin thread seeking to unite us on earth with something above.

From Salon ● Apr. 30, 2022

The water below undulated in shades of blue to green to purple in some spots.

From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai

When the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art opened in September, it touted its 11 acres of park space and greenery from the ground to its undulating roof as a celebration of California’s landscape.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

These models suggest that the animal propelled itself through the water by paddling with its front legs and moving its tail in an undulating motion.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026

The curvilinear bop of a good and expertly undulating narrative lede.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

It appeared on a peach-colored background in undulating cream script: Eat what you want, add what you need.

From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2026

Her sandy robes shifted and folded, reminding Leo of the undulating fins on that stupid shrimpzilla monster they’d fought in the Atlantic.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan


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