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
Down the alley mouth, I could see the cobblestone street undulate and twist like a red-backed snake.
From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep
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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
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
She’s nimble with it; she undulates her voice around it and lets it take interesting shapes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 2022
This is similar to a cross-sea, except that it undulates without breaking violently.
From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Sir Edward Belcher
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
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
A strikingly potent Frida, Isabel Leonard used her velvety mezzo to find the drama of the artist’s remembered torment as well as the undulating sensuality of her love for painting and colors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 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
The 2026 gubernatorial contest has been an undulating, unpredictable whirlwind.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026
Opening his eyes again, he noticed a hazy, undulating shadow coming toward him.
From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook
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