corkscrew
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
She is a fashionable woman, with corkscrew curls coming down in front of her ears.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026
It could be a long, slow descent with the lights out on an RAF jet, or a rapid, corkscrew down in a C-130 transport plane.
From BBC • Jan. 23, 2026
This time I swam the corkscrew, a crazy stroke my kids learned at summer camp, where you do a freestyle stroke, roll into a back stroke, then over again into a freestyle stroke.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2025
Another reason to read the book: It boasts a surprise ending with a deliciously complex corkscrew conundrum.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 4, 2024
Like a giant corkscrew, the stairway twisted through the darkness, steep and narrow and with no rail to guide them.
From "The Phantom Tollbooth" by Norton Juster
