At the marina, the sailors demonstrated several heaving line bends to show how they secure a light throwing line to a larger mooring rope.

Experienced climbers often use double sheet bends when joining ropes of different thicknesses.

The guide inspected the alpine butterfly bends before we started the crevasse rescue practice.

She always bends over backwards to make sure every guest feels welcome at her events.

The brain-bending riddle on the chalkboard had the whole class arguing over possible answers.

To secure the promotion, he decided to bend the truth during the performance review.

She kept bending the truth during the meeting to make the results seem more favorable.

After a summer workshop on circuit bending, the students built noisy, expressive instruments from old toys.

The narrow mountain road wound around a hairpin bend, leaving us breathless at the view below.

When she heard the baby cry, she had to bend down to pick up the fallen toy.