corkscrew
Example Sentences
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She is a fashionable woman, with corkscrew curls coming down in front of her ears.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026
It could be a long, slow descent with the lights out on an RAF jet, or a rapid, corkscrew down in a C-130 transport plane.
From BBC • Jan. 23, 2026
Once the eggs hatch, the maggots burrow into flesh in a corkscrew motion, which is how the insect got its name.
From Science Daily • Dec. 17, 2025
In fact, the French more or less conquered Southern California, not by the bayonet but by the corkscrew.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2025
“Here is the corkscrew, Signor Tenente,” the orderly said.
From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
