Example Sentences

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Adding to the problems that Brockway caused for the Vikings was her unique corkscrewing serve.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 19, 2022

Crafting Amy and The Doctor's corkscrewing timeline was terrific practice to adapt this book – which Moffat recently told critics inspired the acclaimed "Doctor Who" episode "The Girl in the Fireplace."

From Salon • May 15, 2022

Tonally, it’s raw and serrated, with Steve Hanley’s corkscrewing bass lines as twisting and piercing as Smith’s venomous and intractable vocals.

From The Guardian • Mar. 25, 2020

That’s actually pretty vanilla as these things go, a far cry from corkscrewing into Baghdad International to evade surface-to-air missiles, let alone crossing the Alps on a war elephant.

From New York Times • Dec. 29, 2018

At the apex of my arc I saw the raised plow blades behind, the corkscrewing metal covered with mud, and then the race was over.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides