furled

Example Sentences

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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

There’s something called a buzz bud, a little furled blossom, on top.

From New York Times • Mar. 1, 2022

Around him, the scholar’s stuff: books, a lamp, a houseplant, some furled umbrellas in an umbrella stand, ready for use.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 20, 2020

Others were empty, their sails furled, their hatch covers locked.

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt