1
as in bending
to cause to turn away from a straight line
the cat arched her back whenever she was stroked
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as in curving
to turn away from a straight line or course
the path gradually arches off into the woods
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Recent Examples of arching
With gracefully arching foliage, daylilies add texture and movement to garden borders and pathways.
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Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 19 May 2026
Flow between arching and rounding your back to improve spinal mobility.
—Christopher Bergland, Verywell Health, 11 May 2026
The moonless nights of mid-May are a fantastic time to spot the glowing band of the Milky Way arching across the spring sky, before the encroaching twilight of the summer months shortens the viewing window.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 8 May 2026
Enter the award-winning 'Aurea' Hakone grass (Hakonechloa macra), which brings golden color along with an airy, arching habit.
—Miranda Crowell, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 May 2026
During the winter, the tree maintains its appeal with an elegant, arching form and smooth, silvery-gray bark featuring unique ridges.
—Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 29 Apr. 2026
The permanent exhibit includes a full-scale replica of the Nihonbashi Bridge, an arching wooden structure that once joined the five roads to Edo at the gate to the capital.
—Jessica Kozuka, Travel + Leisure, 13 Mar. 2026
Hawaii's Kīlauea volcano was putting on a spectacular show Tuesday evening, with its latest eruptive episode producing arching bands of red lava higher than some skyscrapers.
—Dennis Romero, NBC news, 11 Mar. 2026
Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 19 May 2026
Flow between arching and rounding your back to improve spinal mobility.
—Christopher Bergland, Verywell Health, 11 May 2026
The moonless nights of mid-May are a fantastic time to spot the glowing band of the Milky Way arching across the spring sky, before the encroaching twilight of the summer months shortens the viewing window.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 8 May 2026
Enter the award-winning 'Aurea' Hakone grass (Hakonechloa macra), which brings golden color along with an airy, arching habit.
—Miranda Crowell, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 May 2026
During the winter, the tree maintains its appeal with an elegant, arching form and smooth, silvery-gray bark featuring unique ridges.
—Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 29 Apr. 2026
The permanent exhibit includes a full-scale replica of the Nihonbashi Bridge, an arching wooden structure that once joined the five roads to Edo at the gate to the capital.
—Jessica Kozuka, Travel + Leisure, 13 Mar. 2026
Hawaii's Kīlauea volcano was putting on a spectacular show Tuesday evening, with its latest eruptive episode producing arching bands of red lava higher than some skyscrapers.
—Dennis Romero, NBC news, 11 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for arching
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If something about the now-problematic gender-bending killer of Camp Miasma reminds you of 1983’s Sleepaway Camp, Schoenbrun is not coy about the parallel.—
Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
13 May 2026
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The galaxy's red and orange spiral arms bending outward can measure tens or even hundreds of light-years across.—
Chelsea Gohd,
Space.com,
13 May 2026
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Mutable clay offers a contrast to precise silver, in a composition that has the curving voids reminiscent of Joan Lurie and Henry Moore.—
Anthony Paletta,
Curbed,
17 May 2026
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High up on the curving walls to either side were large murals painted in the 1930s by the artist Barry Faulkner portraying Thomas Jefferson handing the Declaration to John Hancock and the ratification of the Constitution.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 May 2026
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Guys hooking drives into the next county.—
Zach Dean OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
14 May 2026
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While hooking paying customers remains a challenge for most of the AI industry, Grok stands out as a particularly terrible performer.—
Joe Wilkins,
Futurism,
14 May 2026
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An inspector can identify visible cracking, uneven floors, sticking doors and windows, and signs of bowing walls.—
Ryan Brennan
May 15,
Charlotte Observer,
15 May 2026
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The storms are expected to organize into clusters, and bowing segments later in the evening will take on more of a wind than hail threat, the weather service said.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
4 May 2026
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“Arching.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arching. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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