What is "curved shape"

Usage examples of "curved shape".

But this raises a question: Whereas we can picture warped space by its having a curved shape, what do we really mean by warped time?

A crew heaved at a line as they watched, and a big curved shape of oak went up on a pulley rigged from the roof and swung down to where the deck would be.

A building, he thought--hoped--though for a second's blinding terror the curved shape lifted, writhing, into a toothed maw of terror from which darkness flowed out like the vomited stench of rotting bones.

The trail turned-and abruptly spilled into a sheer-walled canyon surrounding a giant oval form, a curved shape that reared fantastically before the pilgrims, two arrowflights from end to end.

As he turned the curved shape in the tongs, his breath became more and more uneven, but he managed to smooth the last curves before shutting down the power and pushing the goggles back.

Before her, on the table, she moved the cup of cooling tea, stretching the spilled liquid into a long, curved shape, like a knife.

Its slick and delicately curved shape was as visually pleasing to the eye as it was efficient in achieving great speed over the waves.

I could make out the curved shape of a cartouche, but not the individual signs.