curled

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The teal green river danced and purled, pure, cold and fast.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 18, 2020

Long tiers of candles burned around the piano, light poured in a velvety haze from the ceiling, and fractals purled and oozed on a screen at the back of the stage.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 2, 2019

As the guests knitted and purled, she described life aboard the two-masted schooner with no engine and marine plumbing.

From Washington Post • Oct. 12, 2017

My palms started to sweat, my head felt feather-light on my neck, a sick wave of shame purled through me.

From Slate • Sep. 5, 2016

They were purled away with the blossoms as a grit-choked gust came blasting down the street.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor