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sinuous

[sin-yoo-uhs] / ˈsɪn yu əs /


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The Sagrada Família is the magnum opus of the brilliant Catalan architect and designer Antoni Gaudí, who died 100 years ago and whose sinuous and eccentric buildings are synonymous with Barcelona.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

As well as the Drake co-sign, Wolf's just been added to Radio 1's playlist for the first time, thanks to With Me, a sinuous dance track with John Summit.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

The seamless integration of old and new feels stealthy, and a touch subversive, a doubling-down on the museum’s approach to time as nonlinear, sinuous and delightfully slippery.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

Yet where that film’s sinuous sculpting of time is marvelously sly and organic, “Blue Heron” always feels a little too carefully mapped out to achieve a similarly breathtaking effect.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Down on the ground the prairies unscroll, vast and mundane and plausible as hallucinations, dusted already with snow and scrawled with sinuous rivers.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood




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