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UK
/bˈɛndɪŋ/
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[ US /ˈbɛndɪŋ/ ]
[ US /ˈbɛndɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
- the property of being bent or deflected
- movement that causes the formation of a curve
- the act of bending something
How To Use bending In A Sentence
- The early commercial pea crops weren't sown in rows like home gardens, but were planted over the whole paddock and required a great deal of bending over to harvest the sweet green pods.
- Finally, a small number of participants discussed their experiences with gender-bending - that is, pretending to be of the opposite sex - during an online sexual encounter.
- See how the legs lengthened and jointed themselves, bending beneath the throne as though to leap upward. A PLAGUE OF ANGELS
- Grecian; they had laughing eyes their figures were models for an artist with — “Turgide, brune, e ritondette mamme.” like the ‘bending statue’ that delights the world. The Life of Sir Richard Burton
- We may then sum up by saying that Lord Byron generally established on an impregnable rock, guarded by unbending principles, those great virtues to which principles are essential; but that, after making these treasures secure -- for treasures they are to the man of honor and worth -- once having placed them beyond the reach of sensibility and sentiment, he may sometimes have allowed the _lesser virtues_ (within ordinary bonds) such indulgence as flowed from his kindly nature, and such as his youth rendered natural to a feeling heart and ardent imagination. Lord Byron jugé par les témoins de sa vie. English
- The bending property in transverse direction of tin-phosphor bronze strip is a very important quality index which has a great inference on the quality of final products.
- Playing the game fairly means not bending the rules because you feel sorry for someone or cheating because you think your opponent doesn't deserve to win.
- Perhaps you wonder how so numerous a race of these beings has come to exist; but that boy at your elbow, bending under the weight of his literary burden, is a colporteur for converting the men and women of this "enlightened nation" to rowdyism. The Elements of Character
- The depth of the tie beam was minimized to avoid transverse bending from the tower legs.
- The bending of sunlight by the raindrops is the key to forming the colorful rainbows.