Sentence examples for bend inward from inspiring English sources

When an electrical current is applied, the flaps become oppositely charged and bend inward.

The four concave sides of "Whiteout" bend inward to what seems an impossible extent.

Fingers tend to be long and spidery; the spine is often curved (a condition called scoliosis); and the chest bone can bend inward or outward.

What can I do? A. Dupuytren's contracture is a disorder that develops when the palmar fascia — the tissue between the skin and tendons in the palm — thickens and contracts due to an abnormal buildup of collagen, causing one or more fingers (usually the little and ring fingers) to bend inward.

The joint formed between the bicuspid and the pedicel is partially flexible, as it can bend inward, but not outward.

In this mechanism, one could expect that the segments of the boundary between adjacent FAs would bend inward due to the exterior pressure from the fast flow, apparently consistent with the observed shape of the boundary (convex inward between FAs, see Fig. 1A).

The jetty extended in a long straight spur before bending inward.

They observed that as the structure was heated, it first maintained its initial shape, then gradually bent inward, shrinking in size.

The condition develops when abnormal scarlike tissue in the palm causes the hand to contract, leaving one or more fingers bent inward.

Staminate Flower: generally pedicelled; sepals generally 5; petals 5 or 0; stamens 8--50 300), filaments free, bent inward in bud; nectar disk generally divided.

A 1998 National Geographic investigation found that the hull was bent inward, suggesting that there had been an external force and lending credence to the mine theory.