Bent and Standing

Bent

Bent noun - A habitual attraction to some activity or thing.

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Standing and bent are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Standing" instead a noun "Bent".

Nearby Word: bend

Standing noun - High position within society.

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Bent and standing are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bent" instead a noun "Standing".

Nearby Word: stand

human	human bent	human standing
similar	similar bent	similar standing
certain	certain bent	certain standing
heavy	heavy bent	heavy standing
Other adjectives: strong, little, black, general, political.

Theyre identical, but with the leftmost one bent over at the waist, and each subsequent one standing up a little straighter.

Source: Music / Doppelgänger
No Knees: In an interesting subversion, not only do the characters have knees, but their knees are always bent, no matter whether they're standing, lying, sitting, walking or whatever.

Source: Comic Strip / Nick Knatterton
It has a populist working-class bent and presents itself as standing shoulder-to-shoulder with the common man, often unconvincingly.

Source: Useful Notes / British Newspapers

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