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undulate

[uhn-juh-layt, uhn-dyuh-, -duh-, uhn-juh-lit, -layt, uhn-dyuh-, -duh-] / ˈʌn dʒəˌleɪt, ˈʌn djə-, -də-, ˈʌn dʒə lɪt, -ˌleɪt, ˈʌn djə-, -də- /


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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

Two Step spun once, then slid all the way to one side of the cart and made his whole body undulate like a wave.

From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older

It rumbles and undulates across the floor, like a lonely camel enduring across a windswept desert.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026

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

The grass on the soles of my feet is warm and welcoming, and the morning sun undulates on the corrugated metal of the Kuhn family’s sheds and silos.

From New York Times ● Sep. 5, 2022

Then, if the river is at all broken by a breeze, the meadow plainly undulates.

From The Sea and the Jungle by H. M. (Henry Major) Tomlinson

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

For stroke play, the undulated greens and pins tucked on crowns made it difficult in spots to find birdies.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 17, 2023

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

The otters linked arms to form a raft of furry bodies that undulated with the gently rolling waves.

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown

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

Seen from below, the table’s ebonized-birch legs also suggest, by turns, two figures kissing, ancient post-and-lintel architecture, an undulating serpent and a recumbent figure by Henry Moore.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026

The world's best struggled to get to grips with the task presented by an undulating course with thick rough and sloping greens.

From BBC ● May 15, 2026

“Shinálí, what did you mean that a water monster told you to tell me ‘Enemy Way’?” she asked, driving the truck on the undulating dirt road.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young


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