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undulate

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


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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

In the area with cold plunging and a sauna, the walls undulate with patterns that change color, designed to evoke arctic caves and volcanic rock.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 18, 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

There is only white smoke visible inside the box, and it continues to ripple and undulate against the glass.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

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

The track undulates and thickens, then dissolves before revealing too many secrets.

From New York Times Sep. 9, 2022

In "straight-away" flight the Bell Vireo undulates slightly.

From Natural History of the Bell Vireo, Vireo bellii Audubon by Jon C. Barlow

Begun in the 15th century, the 25,000-mile network undulated over the Andes and west coast of South America, replete with stone paths, rope bridges, staircases, fortresses, inns and warehouses to serve relays of royal runners.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 10, 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

Panguana’s name comes from the local word for the undulated tinamou, a species of ground bird common to the Amazon basin.

From New York Times Jun. 18, 2021

On the stairs leading to the gallery nearly twenty small boys were clustered, shoulder to shoulder, and the solid ranks undulated with the constant jerking of restless elbows straining under tight woolen jackets.

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare

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

McIlroy says he does not feel pain while hitting shots but the 7,394 yard Aronimink is a demanding and undulating walk.

From BBC May 13, 2026

Bell’s device was the first to successfully convert the human voice into an undulating electrical current—introducing intimacy, emotion and increased immediacy into long-distance communications.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 24, 2026

Its undulating form has earned its share of abuse, and it has been compared to a pancake or an amoeba.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 17, 2026

The bottom was of a pale, creamy stone over which undulating white-edged rectangles of refracted sunlight divided and overlapped.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan




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