V-shaped

In the distance he saw a tiny V-shaped wake rippling on the surface of the river.

Gideon’s war Howard Gordon 2011

The peculiar V-shaped mouth with its pointed upper lip, the absence of brow ridges, the absence of a chin beneath the wedgelike lower lip, the incessant quivering of this mouth, the Gorgon groups of tentacles.

Ten of the best 2011

With kiosks positioned in four V-shaped patterns, it's almost impossible for travelers to bunch up in a long line.

The Trump Card at Check-In Scott McCartney 2011

JAPAN Industrial production was devastated by the tsunami in March, but the signs are of a classic V-shaped recession, with a plunge in output followed by a swift recovery.

Global economy; behind deadlock in US, a nervous world is on the edge 2011

It's not going to be that V-shaped recovery that a lot of baby boomers are accustomed to seeing.

U.S. Stocks Rise Brendan Conway 2011

That newer base with V-shaped runways is to be built on landfill and house some of the 10,300 Marines that would remain based on the island.

U.S. Renews Push on Okinawa Pact Chester Dawson 2011

Mackerel is not just cleaned and filleted but filleted in such a way that the belly comes out in a perfect, V-shaped shield.

The Sorcerer’s Apprentices Lisa Abend 2011

Thousands of years of running water have cut the land into V-shaped arroyos and gullies that deepen into clefts.

Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011

Thousands of years of running water have cut the land into V-shaped arroyos and gullies that deepen into clefts.

Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011

However impressive the V-shaped rebound in corporate profits has been, companies ultimately need sales growth to sustain their business and eventually start hiring.

Revenue Growth Perks Up Kelly Evans 2011