balled up
Example Sentences
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It was defiance and euphoria and adrenaline just balled up into this big massive gig.
From BBC • Jan. 31, 2024
Workers balled up bread for bait and threw lines over the side of the platform.
From Slate • Dec. 16, 2023
Its most haunting components are six unnervingly lifelike human figures dressed in office attire, balled up inside garbage bags like corporate flotsam.
From New York Times • Mar. 17, 2023
But I just laid there, balled up, defeated.
From Salon • Jun. 11, 2022
He stood there a minute with his hands balled up before he turned around and came back.
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
