coil

Example Sentences

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Carroll couldn’t quite believe they managed to keep Vance’s departure from this mortal coil under wraps.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

The beaches are empty, and he can concentrate on the beeping in his bulbous yellow headphones, which grows louder as the coil gets closer to metal.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

This torque travels along the strand, causing sections outside the pore to coil into plectonemes.

From Science Daily • Feb. 9, 2026

While they were able to coil the rupture and keep his heart beating, he was extremely impaired—unable to swallow, communicate, move his body, or control his bowel movements.

From Slate • Dec. 8, 2025

When we didn’t talk, some invisible lever was still winding a coil between our bodies.

From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi