serration
Example Sentences
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The initial singles, “Ch-Ching” and “Romeo,” have lush synth orchestration and hum-along hooks; the greatest appeal rests in the singer Caroline Polachek’s jazz-inflected vocals, which fascinate in their agile leaps and slightly mechanical serration.
From New York Times ● Jan. 21, 2016
The mood was jittery, and their laughter had the frantic serration that came with near disaster.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
Seek for it, in serration, or in sweeping curves?
From The Queen of the Air Being a Study of the Greek Myths of Cloud and Storm by John Ruskin
Leaves healthy, medium in size; upper surface light green; lower surface grayish-white with a tinge of bronze, heavily pubescent; lobes wanting or three to five; petiolar sinus shallow, wide; serration shallow.
From Manual of American Grape-Growing by U. P. Hedrick
Arethusan.—Represented by the alisma 52 It ought to have been noticed that the character of serration, within reserved limits, is essential to an Apolline leaf, and absolutely refused by an Arethusan one.
From Proserpina, Volume 1 Studies Of Wayside Flowers by John Ruskin
