Wondering how to use Bends in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as illness or unwellness.
Bends in a sentence
Related words
Bends meaning
plural of bend
Synonyms of Bends
Using Bends
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of bend
- Useful related words include: decompression sickness, aeroembolism, air embolism, gas embolism.
- In the example corpus, bends often appears in combinations such as: the bends, bends the, bends and.
Context around Bends
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 12 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Bends
- In this selection, "bends" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, ankle, hairpin, tight, cause, defensive and breath stand out and add context to how "bends" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include bends defensive lines and bends it up. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "bends" sits close to words such as adebayo, advisories and aegis, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with bends
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Everyone bends over to accept the Democrat Party talking points. (10 words)
Squats, bends and extensions are among the exercises recommended for joint pain. (12 words)
Achilles tendon tears tend to occur when the ankle bends more than 48 degrees. (14 words)
A scuba diver, for example, must start considering the risk of decompression sickness (“the bends”) when spending extended periods below 10 metres or so; from around 30m down they risk the intoxicating effects of nitrogen narcosis. (36 words)
Faster currents along the outside edges of a river's bends cause more erosion than along the inside edges, thus pushing the bends even farther out, and increasing the overall loopiness of the river. (34 words)
Conclude this part with slow side bends: stand with your feet hip-width apart, raise one arm overhead, and bend gently to the opposite side, holding for 15-20 seconds on each side. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
Faster currents along the outside edges of a river's bends cause more erosion than along the inside edges, thus pushing the bends even farther out, and increasing the overall loopiness of the river.
Achilles tendon tears tend to occur when the ankle bends more than 48 degrees.
At a height just over 2,000ft and with its hairpin bends, the road to Applecross in Scotland may be considered one of the scariest in the country.
Bends defensive lines with every carry and has a knack for grabbing the odd four-pointer from close range.
Climbing 2 150mm, it’s mixture of tight bends, breath-taking descends and scenery adds up to a road many will describe as the “ideal driver’s road”.
Emergency services were called to the scene just south of the bends about 1.45pm on Sunday, August 20.
Jackson bends the route full speed knowing he has the entire middle field to give Pratt a target.
Squats, bends and extensions are among the exercises recommended for joint pain.
That first wave bends, then meets the wave behind it, deviating it like a light ray.
There is a curve in the road where Everett Avenue bends north to become East Grand.
You can almost imagine the birds flying overhead, flowers popping up, and the picturesque bends in the road as Beethoven wanders in the woods, taking in all that nature has to offer.
A scuba diver, for example, must start considering the risk of decompression sickness (“the bends”) when spending extended periods below 10 metres or so; from around 30m down they risk the intoxicating effects of nitrogen narcosis.
A soft-bodied robotic star bends its five legs, moving with an awkward shuffle.
Bends it up and over the wall and it's a fraction wide of the post, with Hermansen beaten.
Christ, on the left, bends forward with his whip to drive the moneychangers out.
Conclude this part with slow side bends: stand with your feet hip-width apart, raise one arm overhead, and bend gently to the opposite side, holding for 15-20 seconds on each side.
Continue all the way to the top, where it bends to the left and passes behind Wadham School.
Crows captain-coach Tom Lahrs bends the Waterloo Storm 1 defence at the Koori Knockout at Tuggerah in 2023.
Each of the bends on the way up is clearly numbered, from 21 at the bottom to zero right before the summit.
Everyone bends over to accept the Democrat Party talking points.
Common combinations with bends
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the bends 13×
- bends the 13×
- bends and 12×
- bends in 9×
- bends to 9×
- it bends 6×
- river bends 6×
- bends it 5×
- that bends 5×
- and bends 5×