curl
Example Sentences
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Maslany: My instinct is to curl into a ball and pretend it never happened.
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026
As this strain is released, the layers peel apart and curl into tight scrolls.
From Science Daily • Mar. 31, 2026
Eight men sliding 16 stones down an ice sheet to the soundtrack of clunking granite, furious sweeping and hollered commands of "hard" and "curl".
From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026
Home from their adventures—and with the picture book right side up again—the four children curl up by the fireplace with steaming mugs of hot cocoa.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026
“Now what,” said Nhamo, perched in a curl of tree root.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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