The building was U-shaped with an inner courtyard.    From Wordnik.com.  [Consent to Kill]

And I've got a soft spot for the U-shaped handbrake.    From Wordnik.com.  [On the road: Ford S-Max Titanium 2.0 Duratorq TDCi] Reference

I think we're going to see a gradual U-shaped recovery.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 27, 2009] Reference

Her boys were seated at the head of the U-shaped table.    From Wordnik.com.  [Act of Treason]

She found a section with a U-shaped connection of stone.    From Wordnik.com.  [Harpy Thyme]

ROBERTS: He talks about a very deep U-shaped depression.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 6, 2009] Reference

The U-shaped apartment skirts three sides of a courtyard.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gardens: Roof gardens] Reference

But we believe it will be a U-shaped recovery rather than a V.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Shape of Things to Come] Reference

Kostakos went to the U-shaped workspace at the end of the room.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Shape of Dread]

A carpenter was buffing the U-shaped oak bar to a lustrous sheen.    From Wordnik.com.  [Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil]

It is a U-shaped cut 10 inches high and it goes 32 inches across.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 16, 2006] Reference

It was a U-shaped bicycle lock like the ones city messengers used.    From Wordnik.com.  [One Shot]

These were not like people shoes; they were U-shaped bits of metal.    From Wordnik.com.  [Demons Don't Dream]

U-shaped roller frames tend to be firmer and apply paint more evenly.    From Wordnik.com.  [DIY painting: 5 time-saving tips] Reference

U-shaped desk couldn't have been better suited to the surroundings by.    From Wordnik.com.  [Get Out of Our Skies!] Reference

U-shaped iron clives which with its pin was used for hitching horses to.    From Wordnik.com.  [Negro Folk Rhymes Wise and Otherwise: With a Study] Reference

U-shaped section of the intestine following immediately on the stomach.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield] Reference

On the other side was a level, roughly U-shaped area of appreciable size.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Plains of Passage]

• Use a U-shaped brush, a chamois, and some hot water to clean ceiling fans.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tips of the Day: Make easier work of spring cleaning] Reference

He says it's going to be an L-shaped recovery, as opposed to U-shaped recovery.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 10, 2009] Reference

U-shaped bends in two lumps of plasterine stuck on the bottom of the glass dish.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged.] Reference

The structure will be a U-shaped table with all the participants around the table.    From Wordnik.com.  [John Emerson Briefing On Children Tv Conference] Reference

We sat at a large U-shaped table, most of us around the outside, a few on the inside.    From Wordnik.com.  [nightnurse Diary Entry] Reference

It backed out of a U-shaped slot, swung out toward the ocean, and quickly disappeared.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Flood]

Of course the opening, the U-shaped cut, is that enough space for somebody to get out?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 17, 2002] Reference

More U-shaped channels were set in concrete at the bottom, with smaller wheels in them.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Hard Way]

His persona, like his U-shaped mustache, had grown too large for Surrealists like poet Andr.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Lust for Late] Reference

The complex, called Richfield Village, was a U-shaped brick unit overlooking a grass courtyard.    From Wordnik.com.  [An American Family] Reference

If the car is from inside or from the outside, a U-shaped car is from the left hand or right hand.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 14, 2002] Reference

It was undoubtedly a very old one, with the open U-shaped backsight which he'd heard of, but never seen.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Alamut Ambush]

David also used this very peculiar curling iron that is long and U-shaped, and, a few minutes later … voilà!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Big Hair : SunHee Grinnell] Reference

You start by choosing a kitchen style (L-shaped, U-shaped, Open, Galley, Island), which will appear unfinished.    From Wordnik.com.  [Redo It Yourself] Reference

Shortly before kickoff, Seiler took Uga down from his perch and led him around to the open end of the U-shaped stadium.    From Wordnik.com.  [Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil]

A concrete boat ramp sloped into the dark water, and a few boats were tied up to the left at a short U-shaped wooden dock.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Payback Club]

On China's maps, it draws a U-shaped line around almost the entire sea, encroaching on other nations 'continental shelves.    From Wordnik.com.  [South China Sea Ructions] Reference

It was a white U-shaped glow, six feet off the ground, alternately rising and falling an inch with every step Reacher took.    From Wordnik.com.  [One Shot]

Beyond the building were a pool and a putting green, and the trailers stood on U-shaped culs-de-sac around this central area.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Tree of Death]

He stumbled over the hose as he took the nozzleman position, fingers fumbling over the moveable U-shaped handle called the bail.    From Wordnik.com.  [Terror At Dawn]

He eased his way through the scrub and onto the hillside above the U-shaped edifice and the blocky structures that surrounded it.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Flood]