balled up

Example Sentences

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It was defiance and euphoria and adrenaline just balled up into this big massive gig.

From BBC • Jan. 31, 2024

Workers balled up bread for bait and threw lines over the side of the platform.

From Slate • Dec. 16, 2023

Not grumbling, belly-hungry — but "stomach touching your back, every rib visible, aching, and balled up on the floor in the corner" starving.

From Salon • Jun. 27, 2023

Its most haunting components are six unnervingly lifelike human figures dressed in office attire, balled up inside garbage bags like corporate flotsam.

From New York Times • Mar. 17, 2023

He balled up the kittel and threw it at me.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros