sweeping arc
Frequency: 7.22.6 per million words
Suggests a long, wide, and often graceful curve.
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Examples (20)
- The eagle traced a sweeping arc across the vast blue sky.
- The skater made a sweeping arc across the ice.
- With a final flourish, the conductor's baton created a sweeping arc in the air.
- The artist sketched a sweeping arc with charcoal.
- The coastline forms a long, sweeping arc that shelters the bay from the open sea.
- The robot arm moved in a sweeping arc to pick up the object.
- A searchlight cut a sweeping arc across the night sky.
- The helicopter's searchlight traced a sweeping arc over the dark landscape.
- The modern bridge is supported by a single, elegant sweeping arc of steel.
- The dancer's arm extended in a graceful, sweeping arc.
- Her powerful tennis serve sent the ball in a sweeping arc just inside the line.
- The pendulum swung in a wide, sweeping arc.
- The dancer’s arm moved in a graceful, sweeping arc as she leaped across the stage.
- The astronomer observed the comet's sweeping arc through the night sky.
- With a single motion, the artist painted a bold, sweeping arc on the canvas.
- The construction crane's boom swung in a sweeping arc.
- A brilliant rainbow formed a sweeping arc over the valley after the rain.
- The child drew a sweeping arc with chalk on the pavement.
- The story follows the protagonist's long and sweeping arc from poverty to power.
- The ship's wake formed a sweeping arc behind it.