as in shapely
having a well-proportioned feminine figure
a movie star who is remembered mainly as a pneumatic sex symbol of the 1950s
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Recent Examples of pneumatic
Underneath their colorful cartoon animal exteriors, the animatronics are a skeleton of metal and pneumatic tubes.
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Joseph States,
Chicago Tribune,
12 June 2026
The next day she is shipped off to her first job, also within the confines of this impossibly vast building, which involves shoving film canisters down a pneumatic tube.
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Literary Hub,
15 May 2026
Celeste claims its pneumatic textile wing structure enables a 300km range and 6-hour battery endurance.
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Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
14 May 2026
The cart's got a quick-release dump latch on the front and pneumatic tires that handle mud and sand with no problem.
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Kat Merck,
Wired News,
3 May 2026
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Joseph States,
Chicago Tribune,
12 June 2026
The next day she is shipped off to her first job, also within the confines of this impossibly vast building, which involves shoving film canisters down a pneumatic tube.
—
Literary Hub,
15 May 2026
Celeste claims its pneumatic textile wing structure enables a 300km range and 6-hour battery endurance.
—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
14 May 2026
The cart's got a quick-release dump latch on the front and pneumatic tires that handle mud and sand with no problem.
—
Kat Merck,
Wired News,
3 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for pneumatic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pneumatic
Adjective
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The bush is shapely, growing 3-4 feet tall, and does not produce rank growth.
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Witch hazel matures into shapely shrubs that bloom annually.
Adjective
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Advanced Night Ceramide Signature Anti-Aging Night Cream Think of this ceramide-rich formula as plump skin in a bottle.
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Instead of turning to cobbler this summer, put all of those juicy peaches and plump raspberries at the farmers’ market to good use with this stunning recipe.
Adjective
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Its central hub, where the wellness offerings, main dining room and 35 of the 65 bedrooms are located, is invitingly curvaceous, with sci-fi swirls of walls and sparkling swathes of window bookended by two vast, contemplative courtyards.
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The exterior is less theatrical than Disney’s, its shape rectilinear rather than curvaceous, yet a pink hue adds the requisite Gehry jazz.
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“Pneumatic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pneumatic. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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