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Told in rhyming verse, Carroll’s trademark use of deep reds and blue give the proceedings an eerie whimsy, and her layouts — always brilliant — furl and explode across the page.

From The Verge ● Dec. 13, 2018

Smith: I go out on the yard to furl the sail and all that stuff.

From Slate ● Jun. 16, 2017

Arthel Watson was born in 1923 in Deep Gap, North Carolina, a furl in the western region of the Blue Ridge mountains named by Daniel Boone.

From The Guardian ● May 30, 2012

Behind him, shaven-headed demonstrators furl the English flag, the Cross of St. George.

From Time ● Jul. 29, 2011

The crew were on their feet briskly, to furl the sail, and stow it; then, each in place, they poised the smooth oar blades and sent the white foam scudding by.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer

Her Bengali furls backward toward its village origins.

From The New Yorker ● Mar. 28, 2016

As furls of smoke spread out on a screen above him, a voice intoned "This is the night of the demon" over thunderous bass.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 27, 2010

Every life has been a battle     That has won a noble guerdon— Every soul that furls its pinions In proud Fame's serene dominions,     Wearily has borne its burden.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 5, May, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various

Now comes the storm, thought Heiton to himself, and began to collect his thoughts, as the cautious master of a vessel furls his sails, and makes his ship snug, when he discerns the approaching squall.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 7 by Various

Rest now with thine aged father awhile; bear him company until he sails into the great distance, casts anchor, furls sails, in a peaceful haven.'

From Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus by Richard Short

They packed up their chairs and furled banners, as the makeshift tent city slowly transformed back into a standard campus plaza.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2024

The baby’s tail or “fluke,” critical to swimming, was still furled from being compacted in utero.

From National Geographic ● Aug. 31, 2023

The statue depicted a young boy, his chin up and hat tipped back, holding a furled Confederate flag to his side.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 14, 2022

And it was before a short, ruffled cocktail frock appeared, with the frills at the back furled like rose petals and the front obscured by a refrigerator.

From New York Times ● Jul. 11, 2021

He unstepped the mast and furled the sail and tied it.

From "The Old Man and The Sea" by Ernest Hemingway

Near the bandstand, a group of people danced in a circle to Khmer music, dreamily furling their fingers and twisting their wrists.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2022

Decades after the furling of Britain’s union flag, he waved his liberation credentials with such skill and frequency that he stood as an emblem, however flawed, of Africa’s yearning to be free of outside control.

From New York Times ● Nov. 15, 2017

Mostly, though, what’s satisfying about “Other Lives” is that there’s some actual meat on the bones of the story; it’s not just insinuation and cigarette smoke furling into a dark bar.

From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2015

A problem with the furling system on the main sail was the cause of Ainslie's problems, according to Branson.

From BBC ● Jan. 12, 2015

Accusations roiled inside of me, swirling in my head like furling tornado clouds, until I thought I might explode if I didn’t let them out.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall