bending
/ˈbɛndɪŋ/ noun C2- A motion or action that bends. · a bending of the knees
- An instance of something being adapted or distorted. · bendings of the rules
Plural bendings
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“Amen!” responded Caderousse, waving his hand in token of adieu to Danglars, and bending his steps towards the Allées de Meilhan, moving his head to and fro, and muttering as he went, after the manner of one whose mind was overcharged with one absorbing idea.
So they set to work in one of the big yellow rooms of the castle and worked for three days and four nights, hammering and twisting and bending and soldering and polishing and pounding at the legs and body and head of the Tin Woodman, until at last he was straightened out into his old form, and his joints worked as well as ever.
“Of course.” I had picked up the original cipher message and was bending my brows over it.
There was only one student in the room, who was bending over a distant table absorbed in his work.
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