Sample Sentences for
undulate
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    (NICK and MARTHA move apart now and dance on either side of where GEORGE and HONEY are sitting; they face each other, and while their feet move but little, their bodies undulate congruently. . . . . It is as if they were pressed together)  (source)
    undulate = move in a smooth wave-like motion
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    Above, the surface of the water was an undulating mirror of brightness,  (source)
    undulating = rippling
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    If you had watched your patient carefully you would have seen this undulation in every department of his life—his interest in his work, his affection for his friends, his physical appetites, all go up and down.  (source)
    undulation = wave-like movement
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    John was asleep and I hated to waken him, so I kept still and watched the moonlight on that undulating wall-paper till I felt creepy.  (source)
    undulating = wavy or rippled
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    There were gentle undulations where the stone had once been fluted.†  (source)
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    The darkness to the east undulated and flickered in the rays of the rising sun.†  (source)
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    The wide bosom of the Tappan Zee lay motionless and glassy, excepting that here and there a gentle undulation waved and prolonged the blue shadow of the distant mountain.  (source)
    undulation = smooth wave-like motion
    standard suffix: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.
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    On the dais next to Horus, the empty throne of the pharaoh seemed to undulate in the purple light.†  (source)
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    The interference undulates and rises.  (source)
    undulates = makes a smooth wave-like motion (physical or auditory)
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    uttered in his undulatory accents, and with an appraising, pondering gaze at her†  (source)
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    For hours, Esperanza watched the undulating land pass in front of her.†  (source)
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    In the dusk their undulations make them look more like the sea than the sea itself.†  (source)
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    Ripples of cold undulated over Harry's skin.†  (source)
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