undulate
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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
As they sang, the ground in the clearing began to undulate.
From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull
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It rumbles and undulates across the floor, like a lonely camel enduring across a windswept desert.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
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
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
The Alimentive undulates or rolls along; the Thoracic is an impulsive walker, and the Muscular is forceful in his walk.
From How to Analyze People on Sight Through the Science of Human Analysis: The Five Human Types by Elsie Lincoln Benedict
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
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
On all sides, the sea undulated, the color of mercury.
From New York Times ● Dec. 27, 2022
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
“Huge east-west waves undulated like agitated jello,” said Keith.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
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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
Wispy fescue and undulating and fast greens add further layers of complexity to Shinnecock's fearsome reputation.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 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
She entered without knocking, while he was reading in bed, filling his burrow with the flutter of her long hair and her undulating arms.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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