Sinuous
['sɪnjʊəs]
Definition
(a.) Bending in and out; of a serpentine or undulating form; winding; crooked.
Checker: Millicent
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Winding, crooked, curved, curvilinear, curvilineal, sinuate, sinuated, serpentine, flexuous, bending in and out.
Checker: Sheena
Examples
- As on the former occasion he overthrew the cauldron before leaping, sinuous and catlike, into the lower branches of the forest giant. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Another feature of the lock is the thin, flat keys with bevel-edged notchings, or with longitudinal sinuous corrugations to fit a narrow slit of a cylinder lock. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- From a diverging tunnel a sinuous, tawny form crept stealthily toward us. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- A moment more and both shoulders through, the long, sinuous body and the narrow hips would glide quickly after. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Every sound she magnified into the stealthy creeping of a sinuous and malignant body. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- He passed above the sinuous body of Sabor, the lioness, going in the opposite direction--toward the cabin, thought Tarzan. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Her head was high in ever alert attention; her long tail moved slowly in sinuous and graceful undulations. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- From his neck to his knees, in ample folds, a robe swept down that was a very star-spangled banner of curved and sinuous bars of black and white. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
Checker: Sheena