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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

I watched its hefty coils undulate down the tree trunk with astonishing grace and disappear into the bushes.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

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

It undulates, just as it does in Normandy, up and down over low-lying hills, and the straight roads, bordered with coca palm trees, reminded me forcibly of the poplar avenues round Rouen.

From Cuba Past and Present by Davey, Richard

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

Robert Hooke evidently saw clouds perfectly clearly when he asked, ‘What is the reason of the various Figure of the Clouds, undulated, hairy, crisped, coyled, confus’d, and the like?’

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

Wispy fescue and undulating and fast greens add further layers of complexity to Shinnecock's fearsome reputation.

From BBC Jun. 18, 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

The 2026 gubernatorial contest has been an undulating, unpredictable whirlwind.

From Los Angeles Times May 6, 2026

CÚCUTA, Colombia—Amid the coca-leaf farms in the undulating borderlands of Colombia and Venezuela, neither country’s government wields power.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 22, 2026

I tried hacking at the tongue with my shears, but it was too sinewy and tough, a rope of undulating muscle, and my shears too dull.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs




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