Sentence examples for bent meaning from inspiring English sources

The mirrors were made from single sheets of polished metal and were always warped or slightly bent, meaning your reflection would be distorted like a fairground hall of mirrors.

Studies show the forces inside the ACL and PCL decrease the more the knee is bent, meaning the deeper you squat, the less pressure there is inside the knees.

The microtonal intervals the maqam calls for are achieved by note bending, meaning the threat of dissonance is always present despite never quite arriving.

Most of the concepts described illustrate beneficial failure behaviour when subjected to bending, meaning significant post-breakage strength and ductility.

The results show that different governing mechanisms prevail in various bending operations, meaning that attention has to be placed on controlling those process parameters that really are important to part quality in each specific case.

It could be surprisingly hard to look at the phenomenon of Trump directly; the words bent, the meaning dissolved.

In the Middle Ages and beyond, you can see literature start to play a bigger part: writers, authors and poets bending the meanings of words to suit what they want them to mean.

You will want to wrap the elbow in a slightly flexed (meaning bent) position to promote circulation and to make sure not further injury occurs.

The word derives from the Swedish words "wika," meaning bend, and "vikker," or willow, and refers not to a material but to woven construction.

A default erectness gave meaning to bending and slumping and a hunched-over box step.

"Bend over," he said, meaning they should touch their toes in a stretch.