sinuous

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One of these, a sinuous swirl of foliage at the base of the cathedral’s great lectern, tells us what the Art Nouveau architects of a later generation were looking at.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026

The follow-up, 2022's Motomami, was a wildly innovative pop smash, twisting Latin American genres like cumbia and reggaeton around glitchy hip-hop beats and her playful, sinuous melodies.

From BBC • Nov. 6, 2025

The result — which feels surprisingly grown-in even though the museum won’t open until next year — is a sinuous, eclectic landscape that unfolds in discrete vignettes, all promoting exploration and distinct experience.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2025

The first thing you notice about an Ernie Barnes painting will be the distinctively sinuous way he renders human beings.

From New York Times • May 30, 2024

They were like dancers, sinuous and light on their feet, yet there was always something about them that marked them as plainly inhuman.

From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo