Sinuous Definition

sĭnyo͝o-əs
adjective
Bending, winding, or curving in and out; wavy; serpentine.
Webster's New World
Characterized by supple and lithe movements.
The sinuous grace of a dancer.
American Heritage
Not straightforward; devious; crooked.
Webster's New World
Sinuate.
A sinuous leaf.
American Heritage

Sinuate.

Webster's New World
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Origin of Sinuous

  • From Latin sinuōsus from sinus curve

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Sinuous Sentence Examples

  • It comprises a sinuous strip of territory measuring between 750 and 800 m.

  • It passes through the most picturesque scenery in Belgium and is remarkable for its sinuous course, its length of 120 m.

  • In nearly all instances the rivers, owing to their sinuous course, are much longer.

  • The south-eastern like the northwestern corner of the island is watered by a considerable number of short mountain streams. The one great river of the eastern versant is the Kutei or Mahakan, which, rising in the central mountains, flows east with a sinuous course and falls by numerous mouths into the Straits of Macassar.

  • It has been ascertained that the nephridia of Oligochaeta are preceded in the embryo by a pair of delicate and sinuous tubes, also found in the Hirudinea and Polychaeta, which are larval excretory organs.

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SSISIN

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SUSOUS

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