alpacinou
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I like stretched and skewed. More:
quavered
quivvered
rippled
Let's see what other ideas people have.
Okay, what about this?
It was a gray September afternoon. The rain was pelting down. The cars' lights stretched and skewed on the wet asphalt.
I like stretched and skewed. More:
quavered
quivvered
rippled
Let's see what other ideas people have.
Now you tell me.There is only one 'v' in 'quivered'.
It is not the lights which quivered, but their reflections on the film of water on the road surface.
Now you tell me.
I like it. It's an unusual use of skewed, but in a good way.What do you think about this?
It was a gray September afternoon. The rain was pelting down. The reflections of headlights stretched and skewed on the wet asphalt.
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