He says he first made the soundbox of his harps with staves but turned to laminates when he found that the joints of staved construction tended to pull open.

A woman's joints tend to be looser, and so her shoes should be constructed to resist their motion.

These joints tend to merge with the faults at an angle between 35 and 45 degrees to the fault surface.

Wood framing had the disadvantage of changing dimensions with temperature and humidity, and the various joints tended to rack (work loose) over time.

The reconstructed joints tend to remain flexible.

Such a mobile joint tends to be more susceptible to injury.

These joints tend to be permanently fixed in a bent or flexed position (contractures).

Local joints tend to have more flexible hours.

The straight, inclined surfaces of the bed (horizontal) joints tend to catch the light and give the brickwork a neat, ordered appearance.

You don't feel much, but your joints tend to start stiffening up after half an hour.