humpbacked

Example Sentences

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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

Boeing produced its final humpbacked jumbo jet on Dec. 6.

From New York Times • Dec. 28, 2022

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

With two outs, Zimmerman shattered his bat but dumped a beautiful, humpbacked flare into center field for a single.

From Washington Post • Oct. 2, 2019

But thank God we did not see any of these, only humpbacked lizards as big as your arm which the people here catch and eat They love meat All the people in this village.

From "The Color Purple" by Alice Walker