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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The state of being sinuate; a winding or bending in and out.
  • noun The formation of a sinus or recess, as in a margin; a shallow curved reentrance; an emargination.
  • noun A cerebral gyre.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A winding or bending in and out.

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  • noun The act of sinuating.

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Examples

  • I totally agree. jaison played it well – hung back, pondered the sinuation, and determined a plan of moral action.

    Jeff Probst blogs 'Survivor: Samoa': episode 3 | EW.com 2009

  • It will appear from the above statement that this contains an unjust in - sinuation, which the reporter ought modestly to have forborn, especially as he had, while in this city, a conve - nient opportunity for obtaming correct information by applying to any member of the committee of missions.

    Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society 1792

  • I do 'know what the rah's abaht, but y' know, ole chap, no man should make sin -- sin -- sinuation he can't prove -- in black an 'white. "

    Captivity M. Leonora Eyles 1924

  • "If you mean by that insin -- insin -- sinuation to imply any disrespect to the

    Charles O'Malley — Volume 1 Charles James Lever 1839

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