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 stood by the bow a moment, staring down at the curl of white fire.
From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham
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