bent back

Frequency: 5.01.5 per million words

describes a back that is curved forward

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Examples (10)

  • The old man walked slowly, with a weary and bent back.
  • Years of hard labor in the fields had given him a permanently bent back.
  • She straightened up from the garden, her bent back aching from hours of weeding.
  • The sculpture depicted an ancient scholar with a bent back, engrossed in a scroll.
  • A physical therapist can suggest exercises to help correct a bent back caused by poor posture.
  • He trudged through the blizzard, his bent back braced against the fierce wind.
  • With a bent back, the grandmother carefully picked the ripe berries from the low bush.
  • The photograph showed a worker with a bent back, a powerful symbol of industrial toil.
  • Even from a distance, I could recognize his familiar silhouette with its slightly bent back.
  • The child looked up at the old storyteller, whose bent back seemed to hold the weight of all his tales.