coiled

Example Sentences

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"It's the history, the quirkiness, the layout of the arena, how close the spectators are. It's everything," says Crucible MC Rob Walker, a coiled spring each April.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 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

“Wolf Moon” is concise and tightly coiled, yet it stretches across a startlingly long period of time.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

“The Secret Agent” isn’t tightly coiled so much as it gradually unfolds, its full meaning unclear until the filmmaker eventually hurtles forward nearly 50 years, snapping the final puzzle piece into place.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025

The njuzu coiled over the edge with their eyes glittering in the moonlight.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer