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01. The path [curves] around the lake, and then ends in the campground.
02. We drove around a [curve] in the road, and came upon a serious car accident.
03. I don't like women that skinny; I prefer someone with a few more [curves].
04. The [curve] of her hips was clearly visible through her tight dress.
05. Your son's spine is slightly [curved], and may give him back problems as he grows older.
06. The pitcher threw a [curve] ball which completely fooled the batter.
07. As you can see on the graph, the line showing our profits for the year [curves] slowly but steadily upwards.
08. The moon follows a [curved] path as it goes around the Earth.
09. Einstein was able to show that the mass of the Earth [curves] space-time.
10. Einstein's theory predicts that the universe as a whole can be [curved].
11. There is a beautiful [curved] staircase in the front hall, leading up to the game room on the second floor.
12. Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton once said that in life, as in art, the beautiful moves in [curves].
13. Canadian politician Pierre Elliot Trudeau once said, "My life is one long [curve], full of turning points."
14. The nation of Vietnam stretches in a long, s-shaped [curve] in South East Asia.
15. [Curvaceous] actress Pamela Henderson has announced her upcoming marriage to multimillionaire William Thorpe.
16. The [curvature] of the Earth makes it look like you will sail off the edge of the world if you head for the horizon.

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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  • curve — [kʉrv] adj. [L curvus, bent: see CROWN] Archaic curved n. 1. a line having no straight part; bend having no angular part 2. a thing or part having the shape of a curve 3. the act of curving, or the extent of this 4. [pl.] the pronounced curving… …   English World dictionary

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