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How to use wavy in a sentence

20 example sentences · adjective

Wavy means rising or swelling in waves. Example: “One of the half-pay men brought me a nasty wavy dagger that had been picked up in the road.”

Examples of wavy by meaning

adjectiveFull of waves.

  • wavy swimming pool

adjectiveHaving wave-like shapes on its border or surface; waved.

  • One of the half-pay men brought me a nasty wavy dagger that had been picked up in the road.1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards...

adjectiveUndé, in a wavy line; applied to ordinaries, or division lines, especially to symbolize a river.

  • On the fesse are two bars wavy azure for waterways.1957 February, “B.T.C. Armorial Bearings”, in Railway Magazine, page 81

adjectiveCool and fashionable.

  • Wavy like Beyoncé on a surfboard2016, “Wavy”, Tyrone Griffin, Jr., Joseph Allen, Dijon McFarlane (music), performed by Ty Dolla Sign

More sentences with wavy

  • He was about six feet tall, barrelchested with big hands and coal black wavy hair.2010, Codis II Hampton, Unchon-ni. From the entry round-like
  • The Shih Tzu (pronounced Sheed-zoo) has a long, dense, wavy coat that completely hides its legs.1983, Daniel F. Tortora, “The Toy Dogs”, in The Right Dog for You, 1st Fireside edition, New York, N.Y.: Fireside, Simon & Schuster…. From the entry shih tzu
  • "Though her crow hair is lovely and wavy, she loathes it and craves yellow locks.1945, George Marsh, Ask No Quarter, New York, W. Morrow & Company. From the entry crow
  • The wavy he suns himself here—like a cat purring in his luxuriation.1920, D. H. Lawrence, Touch and Go, Act II, page 69. From the entry luxuriation
  • Hair has different form, texture, weight and shape in cross section, like, straight, wavy, curly, kinkly and woolly or peppercorn.1980, Journal of Tamil Studies. From the entry kinkly
  • Verey lights, no longer needed by the detrenched army, soared with them, descending in wavy pools of radiance.1936, Henry Williamson, The Flax of Dream: A Novel in Four Books, page 748. From the entry detrench
  • The stainedglass windows were dark with night and the candlelight was soft and wavy and Nick sat with his hands folded in his lap.2021, Michael Farris Smith, chapter 35, in Nick, New York; Boston; London: Little, Brown and Company, page 176. From the entry stainedglass
  • In this LA Beats produced track the boys reminisce on those rooms where you’re greeted by a combination of “bare weed smoke” and “wavy settings”.2017 March 25, Trudy Barry, “1st Listen Review: Section Boyz' 'Soundcheck' mixtape”, in GRM Daily, archived from the original on 14 Apr 2023. From the entry booky
  • Wavy panels made of steel trelliswork hang from the entry’s ceiling; big squat columns frame views to a small public garden outside.2008 May 31, Nicolai Ouroussoff, “Looking Skyward in Lower Manhattan”, in New York Times. From the entry trelliswork
  • In addition to languettes, vertical wavy lines were used to divide the circles and the semicircles, as was seen on the amphorae (Plate 92.3).2002, Irene S. Lemos, The Protogeometric Aegean: The Archaeology of the Late Eleventh and Tenth Centuries BC, →ISBN. From the entry languette
  • Chef Felder was in her early forties, slender, with short wavy brown hair, almost all of which could be contained within her toque.1999, Michael Ruhlman, The Making of a Chef: Mastering Heat at the Culinary Institute of America, Owl Books, →ISBN, page 154. From the entry toque
  • A subdued wavy capillation occurs in some Tertiary and modern genera , such as Dyscolia, Mimorina, and Goniobrochus, but all three differ in their loops.1981, Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology - Issues 44-52, page 28. From the entry capillation
  • Without any ceremony the near man let drive at my throat with one of those beastly wavy daggers they go in for.1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards…. From the entry near
  • The hair is cymotrichous: one had flat wavy hair, in 19 it was very wavy, and in 7 it was markedly curly.1907, Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, Man, Volumes 7-8, page 123. From the entry cymotrichous
  • In pseudolysogeny, the host cell can mutate to an adhesion-impaired or deficient state (depicted by a wavy cell surface), whereby collisions result in a low success rate of infection.2001, John Paul, Marine Microbiology, page 106. From the entry pseudolysogeny
  • His cheekbony face is pale grey, with a black wavy beard as in a frame of mourning, and upon it crawl, washing off the dirt, large drops of sweat.1928, Transition, numbers 13-14, page 262. From the entry cheekbony

Meaning of wavy

  1. adjective Rising or swelling in waves.
  2. adjective Full of waves.
  3. adjective Moving to and fro; undulating.

Full definition of wavy

Questions about wavy in a sentence

How do you use wavy in a sentence?
Wavy is used as an adjective. For example: “One of the half-pay men brought me a nasty wavy dagger that had been picked up in the road.”
What is a short sentence with wavy?
“wavy swimming pool”
What does wavy mean?
Wavy means rising or swelling in waves.

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