the bends

Example Sentences

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I can see knots under the skin in the bends of his arm.

From Salon • Oct. 11, 2025

At the end of each stint he spent 16 hours in a decompression chamber so he didn't get the bends - caused by bubbles forming in the blood.

From BBC • May 28, 2023

Even as global food prices rise, many people including Gueye’s clientele still favour imports over the rice grown along the bends of the Senegal river valley in the north.

From Reuters • Oct. 20, 2022

Tests later determined that a supersaturation event had caused gas bubbles inside the rays, similar to the bends in human scuba divers.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 8, 2022

I look and I look and I don’t see no settlement but who knows what’s around the bends and curves?

From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness