Definitions
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- noun Plural form of
curving .
Etymologies
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Examples
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I fear, I very much fear, that my unhappy situation will draw me in to being guilty of evasion, of little affectations, and of curvings from the plain simple truth which I was wont to delight in, and prefer to every other consideration.
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It must be ground down to smooth unbroken planes, harmonious curvings, shapeliness — harmonies of arc and line and angle!
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Something dark appeared, and then straight lines and exact curvings.
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She was a curious gypsyish type, for all her _Rue de la Paix_ curvings and slim, inevitable folds and pleats;
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The lively hues, the lovely curvings and the fragrant tender flesh of earth's women were deft to cast their spells; but presently I knew this magic was only of the body.
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One long brown arm, tender with curvings, balanced the cotton; the other, poised, balanced the slim swaying body.
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Bedient turned into the thick, thorny undergrowth, which lined the eastern wall of the Inlet, and made his way around its devious curvings, silently and slowly.
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Sometimes it steered direct for the centre arch; then, as if seized with a new impulse, turned away and curled itself about the first one; then unwound slowly, and bending low, with quick, snake-like curvings, crossed the river, passing at length through the farthest arch.
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He watched the free movement of her waist, and the curvings and flyings of her short tennis skirt.
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Now, the curvings of her drapery from the elegant waistband were no longer a provocation.
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