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Example sentences for "bend down"

  • To hang loose without stiffness; to bend down, as flexible bodies; to be loose, yielding, limp.

  • The stolon, however, did not circumnutate when it first began to bend down, as may be observed in the present diagram, and as was still more evident in the last case, when a longer portion of the stolon was left unsupported.

  • With the flower-peduncles of Oxalis, epinasty causes them to bend down, so that the ripening pods may be protected by the calyx from the rain.

  • The people would never ratify, for too many unrelated questions would be brought in.

  • Several steamboats with supplies for Johnston's army were destroyed to prevent capture by the Federals.

  • Etym: [From Flag to hang loose, to bend down.

  • To bend down; to stoop low; to lie close to the ground with the logs bent, as an animal when waiting for prey, or in fear.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    bend down; bending down; bending forward; bending over; body guard; closed shop; could write; deep dish; dozen words; each page; good fight; heavy artillery; internal sense; just went; like himself; modern church; mounted riflemen; official language; old gentleman; other allied; reduce from; said cook; second husband; sufficient answer; this section