3 adjectives to describe parabolas

he moaned; "it's horribly like the real thing; and here I come headlong, as they do in the story books" He caught a crab that landed him in a graceful parabola in the bow, where he lay biting at the air to recover his breath.

Jimsy arose into the atmosphere and described a distinct parabola.

The back of the piebald changed from an ugly humped line to a decidedly sharp parabola and the horse left the ground with all four feet.

3 adjectives to describe  parabolas