humpbacked

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It is awesome to witness an enormous reptile with a huge, humpbacked shell and enormously thick legs glomp slowly forward, with majestic indifference to the gawkers by the trail, myself included.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 3, 2023

This humpbacked start over the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge is one of great expectancy, so the first mile uphill is hardly noticeable and the second mile downhill gives a giddy but treacherous sense of ease.

From New York Times • Nov. 5, 2021

The work features Punchinello, the hook-nosed, humpbacked clowns who were some of the stock characters taken from the Commedia dell' Arte - an early form of professional theatre.

From BBC • Oct. 11, 2021

Serious golfers will find challenges with bank shots or terraced greens, but it’s fun for the youngest visitors, who thrill in whacking colorful balls over a humpbacked bridge.

From Washington Post • Aug. 11, 2021

He turned, halfway along the third-floor corridor, to see Fred and George peering out at him from behind a statue of a humpbacked, one-eyed witch.

From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling