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Synonyms & Antonyms for winding
Synonyms: Adjective
bending, crazy, crooked, curled, curling, curved, curving, curvy, devious, serpentine, sinuous, tortuous, twisted, twisting, windy
Antonyms: Adjective
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Examples of winding in a Sentence
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a long and winding path through the woods a winding staircase leads to the top of the lighthouseRecent Examples on the Web: Noun
In Queens, the line to get into Astoria Pool, the city’s larger-than-Olympic outdoor public swimming pool, started forming at 9:30 a.m., and before long, a winding row of straw hats, tank tops, beach bags and backpacks stretched down the block. — New York Times, "Heat Wave NYC: Live Updates as Dangerous Temperatures Arrive," 20 July 2019 Chapman is at the church early and walking the winding halls looking for her clipboard. — Delaney Strunk, CNN, "How a diversity prom allows LGBTQ students to be their authentic selves," 23 June 2019 Explore the Château de Chenonceau, where a winding hedge maze awaits intrepid puzzle-solvers. — National Geographic, "France Family Journey: From Paris to Normandy and Beyond," 17 June 2019 Labor market experts had been expecting a gradual winding-down, but trade tensions have thrown out the playbook for their expectations about its speed and severity. — NBC News, "'Game over': Big misses on jobs forecasts bring the costs of trade war into sharper focus," 7 June 2019 No matter when endometriosis pain strikes, finding relief is often a winding, frustrating journey. — Carolyn L. Todd, SELF, "8 Ways People With Endometriosis Deal With the Pain," 24 Apr. 2019 The winding cliffside drive in an open air convertible taxi is half the fun. — Nicole Fritton, Harper's BAZAAR, "The Perfect Capri Itinerary, All in 3 Days," 10 July 2019 When wire windings in the stator are electrified, the magnetic attraction causes the rotor to rotate. — Megan Geuss, Ars Technica, "Toyota’s new magnet won’t depend on some key rare-earth minerals," 28 Feb. 2018 Friends said Frokowski, a friend of Miss Folger, had also been staying at the Tate home, situated at the end of a winding, hilly street. — Los Angeles Times, "From the Archives: 2 Ritual Slayings Follow Killing of 5," 28 July 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective
In Paintsville, Kentucky, where a winding creek snakes through the town of roughly 4,000 people, Value-Med Pharmacy and Medicine Cabinet Pharmacy purchased almost 20 million pills that contained oxycodone and hydrocodone from 2006 through 2012. — Anchorage Daily News, "Just 15% of U.S. pharmacies distributed nearly half of prescription opioid pain pills," 12 Aug. 2019 Sanders’s ideology is the product of the winding circumstances of his long career, tracing an unlikely trajectory from radical New England gadfly to U.S. senator. — Matthew Zeitlin, The New Republic, "Bernie’s Red Vermont," 13 June 2019 Elton John took a long and winding road to marital bliss with his current husband, David Furnish. — Elena Nicolaou, refinery29.com, "18 Things You Didn't Know About Rocketman, But Need To," 5 June 2019 Waiting on citizenship Star Citizen continues down the long and winding road to (hopefully) becoming a real game people can play. — Hayden Dingman, PCWorld, "This week in games: Walking Dead resurrected, Baldur's Gate 3 rumors, Into the Breach done quick," 12 Oct. 2018 Considered one of the oldest living rainforests in the world, the forest holds a special meaning for the aboriginal Kuku Yalanji people who help guide visitors through the winding paths among the towering trees and jewel-like tropical birds. — Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, "Why an Around-the-World Private Jet Trip is the Only Way to Fly," 17 Aug. 2018 All Roads North’s Journey Guides map out every superlative crook in the long and winding road, as well as driving times and lore about locales along the way. — Donna Bulseco, WSJ, "The Great American Road Trip Goes Luxe—For Better or Worse," 12 July 2018 Their long and winding journey north through dangerous territory puts both of them through changes, not unexpectedly. — Chris Ball, cleveland.com, "'Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: In Concert,' now on DVD and Blu-ray (review)," 2 May 2018 Peter Schmuck, columnist: The long and winding road the Ravens took to their first pick in the 2018 NFL Draft finally led to South Carolina tight end Hayden Hurst with the 25th pick. — baltimoresun.com, "Instant analysis of Ravens first-round pick, TE Hayden Hurst of South Carolina," 27 Apr. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'winding.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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