undulate
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Videos captured by the crew confirm it is a mesmerizing creature with long pale “legs” trailing from thicker appendages connected to a pale body composed of two fins that undulate languidly in tandem.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
The heavy concrete roof is actually suspended just above the walls, and seems to undulate, letting more light through in a thin opening above the altar.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026
Like I said before, most worms on planet Earth—well, those visible to the naked eye— have a lot of chambers and undulate, which isn’t very sandworm-ish.
From Slate ● Mar. 8, 2024
A helical structure on the underside of the sheet rotates like a corkscrew to cause the carpet to undulate and create a travelling wave on the water.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 4, 2023
As they sang, the ground in the clearing began to undulate.
From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull
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Our measly four seasons are insufficient in describing the way nature undulates around us, week to week and month to month.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025
Sit on the mattress’ edge and it wobbles and undulates.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2024
Much like the style itself, the popularity of ruffles undulates through the decades.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 4, 2022
I’m not really thinking, just flowing along with my bike as the trail undulates and crosses a road before heading through a thicket.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 1, 2022
Or a school of dolphins undulates through two mediums, and is announced, in a commendably Adam-like, but quite inaccurate spirit, as porpoises or young whales.
From Jungle Peace by William Beebe
Smucker’s suit against Trader Joe’s alleges that the grocer infringed on trademarks by mimicking Uncrustables’ round, pie-like shape and “distinct peripheral undulated crimping.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2025
World No. 3 Minjee Lee said that taking her time will be a key on the blue course’s sloped fairways and undulated greens this week.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 22, 2022
As it has done since antiquity, the fragrant smoke undulated skyward, a thin thread seeking to unite us on earth with something above.
From Salon ● Apr. 30, 2022
Spectrum’s social media coordinator, sitting on a wooden chair, undulated to the rhythm while Byrd nodded his head.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 5, 2019
All summer Perry undulated between half-awake stupors and sickly, sweat-drenched sleep.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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When the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art opened in September, it touted its 11 acres of park space and greenery from the ground to its undulating roof as a celebration of California’s landscape.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
These models suggest that the animal propelled itself through the water by paddling with its front legs and moving its tail in an undulating motion.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026
Then Curry, undulating ever so slightly, delivers his first lines in a cavernous register, seated someplace between a purr and a growl.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
Built into the undulating terrain are brick homes, shingled cottages and a longstanding dive bar.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
I sipped my coffee and watched the undulating surface on the pool.
From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith
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