CONCAVE in a Sentence
Learn CONCAVE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
Example sentences for CONCAVE, such as:
1. You will perceive, Watson, that the glasses are concave and of unusual strength.
2. The centre of the English army, rather concave, very dense, and very compact, was strongly posted.
2. The centre of the English army, rather concave, very dense, and very compact, was strongly posted.
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Meanings and Examples of CONCAVE
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concave
a. hollow; curved like inner surface of sphere
Classic Sentence:
1 In the middle of the concave side, there is a groove twelve inches deep, in which the extremities of the axle are lodged, and turned round as there is occasion.
2 You will perceive, Watson, that the glasses are concave and of unusual strength.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE GOLDEN PINCE-NEZ
Context Highlight In X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE GOLDEN PINCE-NEZ
3 The centre of the English army, rather concave, very dense, and very compact, was strongly posted.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER VI—FOUR O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER VI—FOUR O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON
4 Suddenly I noticed that the circular westward outline of the sun had changed; that a concavity, a bay, had appeared in the curve.
Example Sentence:
1 The back-packers found partial shelter from the storm by huddling against the concave wall of the cliff.