Collocations for bend - noun

gentle, slight, wide | hairpin, sharp, tight
Some of the hairpin bends had Ruth clinging to her seat.

dangerous | blind
mountain roads with steep gradients and blind bends

left-hand, right-hand | final
(= in a race) He had a winning lead off the final bend.

series
a series of dangerous bends

come round, negotiate, round, take, turn
He slowed down to negotiate the bend.

around/round a/the ~
The car vanished round a bend.

into a/the ~
I inched the car into the bend.

off a/the ~
He came off the bend in the lead.

on a/the ~
Slow down on the tight bends.

~ in
a wide bend in the river