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  • present participle of curl.
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curling

[kur-ling] / ˈkɜr lɪŋ /




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Wendy the coyote was a fixture in the San Fernando Valley community for years, often spotted wandering around the neighborhood or curling up to sunbathe in a patch of grass, he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

Serena Ventures has met with potential investment targets from travel startups to a curling league.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

Diogo Dalot: So close to a rare goal with a curling left-footed effort.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026

That was quickly apparent after Newcastle fell behind inside four minutes, following Filip Ugrinic's curling opener.

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026

With that sweet thought curling around my head like Uncle Holt’s pipe smoke, I fell right to sleep.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson

He catalogued its volutes, its stipples, the frisks and curlings of its pattern.

From There's Pippins and Cheese to Come by Charles S. (Charles Stephen) Brooks

She never made fun of Anna's crimpings and curlings and beauty-rites.

From The Song of the Lark by Willa Sibert Cather

Her form by its endless shiftings uttered delicate phrases of pleasure, surprise, or love; her hands and fingers were orators, and eloquent were the curlings and tappings of her Arab feet.

From Idolatry A Romance by Julian Hawthorne

Alexander Crandall quickly appeared, in a hide apron covered with curlings of wood.

From Mountain Blood A Novel by Joseph Hergesheimer

In thin curlings, the gray smoke floated upwards and lay slumberously among the fleecy clouds.

From Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author by Caroline Lee Hentz




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