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Another word for sinuous

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Adjective

  1. Repeatedly curving in alternate directions

    See also:

    straight

    repetition

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Another word for sinuous

Modifier

  1. Twisted

    See also:

    twisted

    indirect

  2. Indirect

    See also:

    indirect

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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.

  • sinuous line drawn from Zhitomir via Kiev, Tula and Kazan to Ufa - that is, from W.S.W.

  • 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.

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