bending

Example Sentences

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And from a certain vantage point, the arc of history seemed to be bending toward social and political progress.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026

"We are bending backwards to help but we don't have a magic wand," she said, calling on African governments to help with tax breaks and investments of their own.

From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026

Proposed by Albert Einstein in 1915, general relativity describes gravity as the bending of spacetime by mass, similar to how a heavy object distorts a stretched surface.

From Science Daily • Apr. 19, 2026

This opportunity arose at the Dubai Desert Classic in 2001, when Tiger was bending down to pick grass up to check the wind direction for his second shot to the 18th green.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

Akira called, bending double and trying to catch her breath.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz