How to Use segmented in a Sentence
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The Seven Mile Bridge at Marathon is one of the longest segmented bridges in the world.
— Tracey Minkin, Travel + Leisure, 27 Oct. 2023 -
The recipe calls for at least a dozen oranges that are used for their zest, segmented slices, and leftover juice.
— Magdalena O'Neal, Sunset Magazine, 25 Feb. 2022 -
At the last stage of the journey, the Sea Lab boats converge on a tiny cove formed inside one of the gaps in the segmented breakwater.
— Lawrence Specker | Lspecker@al.com, al, 2 June 2023 -
The core idea is to make the treatment of data more universal and less segmented.
— Kate Cox, Ars Technica, 20 Feb. 2020 -
The isopods are built like wood lice, with rounded, segmented backsides and seven pairs of spindly legs.
— Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 14 July 2021 -
And as a nod to Volvo’s heritage, thin segmented vertical taillights run down the back of the car.
— Laura Burstein, Robb Report, 5 Nov. 2021 -
The soft, segmented leaves can reach lengths of 20 inches and resemble ferns.
— Southern Living, 27 May 2020 -
And the shoe's segmented rubber sole is built to break in after a day or two (whereas other shoes might take weeks).
— Tyler Watamanuk, GQ, 14 Mar. 2018 -
The flagship piece is that segmented shark, preserved in glass and steel tanks of formaldehyde and mounted atop the white marble bar.
— Adam Robb, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 May 2018 -
The head is a compact black bullet from which emerge long thick spikes of hair, two segmented antennae, and clamp-like mandibles.
— Daisy Alioto, The New York Review of Books, 27 Mar. 2020 -
One comes across segmented candy bars with just one filling, like the Caramello.
— Devra First, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Apr. 2018 -
The shoe’s smooth transitions are aided by segmented crash pads that help usher the foot from landing to toe off.
— Jonathan Beverly, Outside Online, 25 June 2021 -
Black with black and white bristles, the species’ segmented body (including its thorax and its abdomen) is adorned in bold stripes.
— Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 3 Jan. 2024 -
French doors and segmented windows all along the ocean-facing side obscured the beauty outdoors.
— Carren Jao, latimes.com, 26 May 2017 -
Generally, the flavivirus genomes are non-segmented and around 10-11 kbp in length.
— William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 23 May 2022 -
The design lab put support beams across the ceiling to free up space, instead of having segmented areas.
— Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Dec. 2020 -
Complementing this move, the segmented rock plate was redesigned to cover more of the rear of the shoe, helping to protect hard heel landings.
— Adam Chase, Outside Online, 27 Sep. 2021 -
Their segmented bodies are tapered toward the bottom and widen toward the head.
— Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 24 Aug. 2023 -
Jerry was the driving force behind the concept of the segmented mirror telescope.
— Hilton Lewis, Scientific American Blog Network, 16 June 2017 -
This chair features a swivel seat that has contoured, segmented padding, a padded headrest, and padded arms.
— Ian Paul, PCWorld, 24 May 2018 -
The aircraft can also release its entire load on one target or disperse it in up to eight segmented drops.
— Chris Clarke, Popular Mechanics, 12 Aug. 2016 -
What other reaction could there be to a tiny creature with a segmented body of plates, five eyes on mushroom-like stalks, and a proboscis ending in a kind of claw?
— Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Dec. 2020 -
Those abdomens were still segmented, not fused as in today's spiders.
— Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS, 19 Oct. 2017 -
Munroe painted the crown molding in the dining room a dark grey, which helps to keep everything from looking ultra segmented.
— Danielle Fox, ELLE Decor, 22 Feb. 2018 -
Their segmented bodies taper toward the bottom and widen toward the head.
— Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 18 May 2024 -
The poop is often granular-looking, segmented, tube-shaped, and 2 to 3 inches long.
— Popular Science, 23 Jan. 2020 -
An enormous segmented window that almost reached the ceiling took up the central wall, admitting the artist’s light.
— Darryl Pinckney, The New Yorker, 12 Sep. 2022 -
To penetrate segmented markets, the use of local languages comes in handy.
— Faustine Ngila, Quartz, 2 Sep. 2022 -
These segmented worms—which can grow from about half an inch to 8 inches in length and sometimes stretch to 17 inches—insert their proboscis into their host’s skin to suck its blood.
— Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 June 2024 -
More segmented energy markets will inevitably have fewer options to tap in such circumstances.
— Jason Bordoff, Foreign Affairs, 10 Apr. 2023
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