curl

Example Sentences

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Maslany: My instinct is to curl into a ball and pretend it never happened.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

As this strain is released, the layers peel apart and curl into tight scrolls.

From Science Daily • Mar. 31, 2026

Eight men sliding 16 stones down an ice sheet to the soundtrack of clunking granite, furious sweeping and hollered commands of "hard" and "curl".

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026

What he had never done was curl under the sport’s brightest lights.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026

He still wore his hair in that funny style, his mustache seeming to curl up into his sideburns.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland