bow-shaped

On a chilly Tuesday afternoon, Ms. Wright paid a visit to the federal courthouse in Cedar Rapids, a glass-fronted, bow-shaped building, to see if the new pages were pasted in.

According to Capital Weather Gang, the bulk of the damage in the region was caused by two storm complexes — arcing bow-shaped lines that swept from west to east, fueled by a surge of hot, humid air and sustained by strong high-altitude winds along an approaching cold front.

Many ended up along the Amazon’s southern sweep, a bow-shaped area that now concentrates 75 percent of the forest’s losses and has come to be known as the “arc of deforestation.”

The resulting long exposure caught a bow-shaped blur, like the ghostly wings of a butterfly, then the bright line of the collar stay as it found its bearing and grew still.

If the wind is good, a light pull on the control bar will start the bow-shaped kite on a turn toward its apex, into the full force of the wind.