coiled

Example Sentences

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Zidane, tracking the star-patterned leather like a skeet shooter, hips coiled, unloaded a gold-medal hit.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

“Now that we have an accumulation of positive news for the stock, and now for the market, Intel was like a coiled spring ready to go,” Ken Mahoney, CEO of Mahoney Asset Management, told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

Mr. Belcher does make for a convincingly commanding warrior, exuding a powerful, coiled energy like a snake ever ready to spring.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 14, 2026

These twisted structures, known as plectonemes, resemble a coiled phone cord rather than a tied knot.

From Science Daily • Feb. 9, 2026

The dragon coiled before them, ruby scales shiny with water.

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack