Sentence example with the word 'tapering'

tapering

acanthoid, acuate, acuminate, coarctation, contraction, cuspidate, horny, needle-pointed, pronged, spiked, spinous, taper, toothed

Definition adj. becoming gradually narrower

Last update: October 17, 2015


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His shoulders were wide, his back wide and tapering to a slender, lean stomach and hips.   [Please select]

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The yards were long and tapering, two-thirds abaft the mast and one-third before it, with only a single sheet.   [Please select]

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No simple thing, approaching leisurely and afoot, to send that tapering point straight to the tiny mark.   [Please select]

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Her lines were very fine, tapering and beautiful, even to the eye of a land-lubber.   [Please select]

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A long, slender, tapering body that cuts the air, moved by four narrow, gauzy wings, and steered by that pointed abdomen.   [Please select]

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When the eggs hatch out they are funny-looking fellows, long, tapering bodies with a big head end.   [Please select]

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On the farther bank tall warehouses reared square old-time heads, their uncompromising, rugged profile relieved here and there by tapering mastheads.   [Please select]

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