CONVEX in a Sentence

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1. He polished the convex lens of his telescope.
2. A very great number of streets which are now convex were then sunken causeways.
3. He had coarse features, a blunt nose, a convex and receding brow, tumid and protruded lips.

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 Meanings and Examples of CONVEX
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convex
 a.  curving outward; having surface that bulges outward, as the exterior of sphere
Classic Sentence:
1  This august hump, if I mistake not, rises over one of the larger vertebrae, and is, therefore, in some sort, the outer convex mould of it.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 80. The Nut.
2  Then with an expression of interest he laid down his cigarette, and carrying the cane to the window, he looked over it again with a convex lens.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1. Mr. Sherlock Holmes
3  He had coarse features, a blunt nose, a convex and receding brow, tumid and protruded lips.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In THE DEAD
4  A very great number of streets which are now convex were then sunken causeways.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VI—FUTURE PROGRESS
Example Sentence:
1  He polished the convex lens of his telescope.