Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: sinuous
IPA transcription: [s'ɪnwəs]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: sinuate, sinuous, wiggly
    Meaning: curved or curving in and out; "wiggly lines"
Usage examples
  • Avoiding the obstructions gave it the sinuous movement of a serpent.
  • It revealed the neighboring fields, stretching toward the sierras, whose sinuous blue lines were relieved against the horizon.
  • This path was excessively sinuous, and as the sun could not be seen, I soon lost all idea of the direction in which I journeyed.
  • They match as perfectly as the grain of a block of wood when sawn asunder--showing that these coal beds were formed at an age long before the water cut this sinuous groove.